Originally Posted By: bexter

Does that mean only those of the female persuasion can get it?


I think the gender applies to the Greek grammar, not the English grammar. I don't think we have grammatical genders for English nouns.

I reckon "-ia" is common usage among sesquipedalians.
glossolalia (speaking in tongues)
anosmia (loss of sense of smell)
aphasia (loss of ability to speak)
coprophagia (eating feces)
dipsomania (alcoholism)
Utopia (nowhere)