- process or condition
- pathological or morbid condition: hypochondriasis
Origin of -iasis
Modern Latin from Classical Greek -iasis-iasis
-iasis
suffix
Iasis is defined as a medical condition.
An example of the –iasis suffix is psoriasis, a skin condition caused by an autoimmune disease.
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-iasis
suffix
A pathological condition characterized or produced by: taeniasis.
Origin of -iasis
New Latin -iāsis from Greek n. suffTHE AMERICAN HERITAGE® DICTIONARY OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE, FIFTH EDITION by the Editors of the American Heritage Dictionaries. Copyright © 2016, 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
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Suffix
- (pathology) A pathological condition or process.
Origin
Latin word-forming element meaning "process" or "morbid condition". Originally from Greek.
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