-rrhea
1.
a combining form meaning “flow,” “discharge,” used in the formation of compound words:
gonorrhea.
Also,
-rhea
.
Compare
rheo-
.
Origin
<
Neo-Latin
-rrhoea
<
Greek
-rrhoia,
combining form representing
rhoía
a flow, akin to
rheîn
to flow,
stream
British Dictionary definitions for
-rrhea
-rrhoea
combining form
1.
(in pathology) a discharge or flow:
diarrhoea
Word Origin
from New Latin, from Greek
-rrhoia
, from
rhoia
a flowing, from
rhein
to flow
-rrhea
in Medicine
-rrhea
suff.
Flow; discharge:
seborrhea.