-iatrics


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-iatrics

(word root) medical treatment
Examples of words with the root -iatrics: geriatrics
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-iatrics

suff.
Medical treatment: pediatrics.
[From -iatric.]
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-iatrics

n combining form
indicating medical care or treatment: paediatrics. Compare -iatry
[from iatric]
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-iatrics

a combining form occurring in words that have the general sense “healing, medical practice,” with the initial element usu. denoting the type of person treated: geriatrics; pediatrics.
[see iatric, -ics]
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