Letter p

Pathy

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A suffix derived from the Greek 'pathos' meaning 'suffering or disease' that serves as a suffix in many terms including myopathy (muscle disease), neuropathy (nerve disease), retinopathopathy (disease of the retina), sympathy (literally, suffering together), etc.

The corresponding prefix is patho-, as in pathobiology and pathology

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