-rrhea

1. a combining form meaning “flow,” “discharge,” used in the formation of compound words:

   gonorrhea.

Word History and Origins

Origin of -rrhea¹

From New Latin -rrhoea, from Greek -rrhoia, combining form representing rhoía “a flow,” akin to rheîn “to flow, stream”

Example Sentences

“We define logorrhea as excessive and often incoherent talkativeness or wordiness. Logorrhea was created in English in the late 1800s from the Greek words logos, meaning word, reason, speech and -rrhea, from the verb that means to flow,” Merriam Webster explained.

From Washington Times