-phagy

Origin

From Ancient Greek -φαγία, combining form of φαγεῖν (phagein, "to eat"), infinitive aorist of ἐσθίω (esthiō, "I eat").

Suffix

1. Forming nouns with the sense of ‘feeding on, consumption of’.
2. Forming nouns with the sense of eating in a specified manner, normal or abnormal.

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