Medical Terminology / Unit 12 MedTerm 0803 short lesson, about 20 seconds
-mania: Excessive Preoccupation
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The idea
The suffix mania names an excessive preoccupation with what its root identifies.
In practice
The root pyro with mania names an excessive preoccupation with fire.
Where people slip
Phobia names aversion; mania names preoccupation. Both attach to the same kinds of root.
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