What does -agra mean in medical terms?

-agra

Meaning: severe pain; gouty pain

Type: Suffix

A suffix goes at the very end of a word, after the root. On this page: what -agra means, and real medical words that use it, each broken down into its parts.

Example words using -agra

podagra
pod (foot) + -agra (severe pain) = gouty pain in the foot
chiragra
chir (hand) + -agra (severe pain) = gouty pain in the hand

Shortened forms

Charts and notes shorten long terms — see the Medical Abbreviations guide for the short forms you will meet in real records.

Please note: This section teaches the language of medicine — what word parts mean and how terms are built. It is an educational reference, not medical advice. For the meaning of a word in your own medical record, ask the clinician who wrote it.