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Definitions

Suffix

1. 1
   Used to form the names of disorders and phenomena relating to words and speech. morpheme

   "aphasia, dysphasia, monophasia, schizophasia"

Synonyms

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arthrialalialogiaphemiaphrasia

Example

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"aphasia, dysphasia, monophasia, schizophasia"

Etymology

From Ancient Greek φάσις (phásis, “utterance”), from φημί (phēmí, “I say”).

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