Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • suffix Feeling; suffering; perception.
  • suffix Disease.
  • suffix A system of treating disease.

Etymologies

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

[Greek -patheia, from pathos; see kwent(h)- in Indo-European roots.]

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