-exia

English dictionary entry

Meanings

suffix

Forms the names of functional diseases or of conditions such as pyrexia or cachexia.

/-ˈɛksi.ə/

-exia -hexia -exis -hexis

From Ancient Greek ἕξις (héxis, “possession, condition”), from ἔχω (ékhō, “to have”).

-iasis -itis -osis

cachexia cathexis pyrexia hectic

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