Rrhage

Morpheme

Rrhage

Type

bound base

Denotation

break, burst, discharge

Etymology

Latin -rrhagia; Ancient Greek -ragía, from rhēgnynai

Evidence

blennorrhagia, colporrhagia, encephalorrhagia, enterorrhagia, gingivorrhagia, hepatorrhagia, lymphorrhagia, menorrhagia, metrorrhagia, odontorrhagia, otorrhagia, phleborrhagia, pneumorrhagia, rectorrhagia, rhinorrhagia, seborrhagia, urethrorrhagia, urorrhagia

Notes

follows common Ancient Greek rule in which initial <r> in the second part in a compound is doubled