Select the suffix that means "affinity for."
A) -phil
B) -plegia
C) -penia
D) -phobia
A
Explanation: Both -phil and -philia mean "loving or affinity for." The other suffixes mean: -phobia, "fear"; -plegia, "paralysis"; and -penia,"deficiency or abnormal reduction in number."
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