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-urgy

American  

  1. a combining form occurring in loanwords from Greek, where it meant “work” (dramaturgy ): on this model, used in the formation of compound words (metallurgy ).

-urgy British  

combining form

  1. indicating technology concerned with a specified material

    metallurgy
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Etymology

Origin of -urgy

< Greek -ourgia, akin to érgon to work

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