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Is the medical word phagia a suffix or a word root?
The medical word "phagia" is a suffix. It is derived from the Greek word "phagein," which means "to eat." In medical terminology, words ending in "-phagia" generally refer to eating or swallowing.
What is the medical terminology combining form meaning eat?
Phagia or phagy mean to eat or swallow and pepsia means to digest. For instance dysphagia is difficulty swallowing, while dyspepsia is difficulty digesting.Phagia means to eat.
What is the medical term meaning able to be eaten?
phag/o (combining form); or -phagia (suffix)
What is Medical suffix for eating?
The medical suffix for eating is -phagia. For example, dysphagia means difficulty swallowing, polyphagia means excessive eating, and dysphagia means painful swallowing.
What other words end in -phagia?
osteophagia
What is the word root in the word odynophagia?
phagia
What is the combining form odynophagia?
odyno/o/phagia
Does the medical term odynophagia have a plural or singular form?
Odynophagia (from the Greek roots odyno-, pain + -phagia, from phagein, to eat) is pain on the mouth or esophagus when swallowing. The word is singular and has no plural form.
Does dysphagia have a prefix?
yes? i believe dys is the prefix and phagia is the suffix
What does the suffix oephagia mean?
You've taken too big a bite of the word. '-phagia' means eating. The 'oe' could come from the end of hundreds of possibilities.
What is the difference between these two words?
What is the difference between the two words, phagia, and phasia
Which term means suffixes of eating?
The suffix -prandial means pertaining to a mail, as in postprandial.
