-pathy


-pathy

noun combining form

Definition of -PATHY

1
: feeling : suffering <empathy> : perception <telepathy>
2
: disorder of (such) a part or kind <neuropathy>
3
: system of medicine based on (such) a factor <osteopathy>

Origin of -PATHY

Latin -pathia, from Greek -patheia, from -pathēs suffering, from pathos

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