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-iatric

-iatric suffix: of or relating to a physician.

Suffix

-iatric

  1. Of or relating to a physician.
  2. Pertaining to a particular branch of medicine.

Origin of -iatric

From Ancient Greek ἰᾱτρικός (iātrikós, “medical”), from ἰατρός (iatrós, “doctor”) + -ικός (-ikós, “-ic”).

Words formed from -iatric

Questions about -iatric

What does -iatric mean?
-iatric means of or relating to a physician.
What part of speech is -iatric?
-iatric is a suffix.

Words near -iatric in the dictionary

  1. -ian
  2. -iana
  3. -ians
  4. -iases
  5. -iasis
  6. -iatric
  7. -iatrician
  8. -iatrics
  9. -iatry
  10. -ibilities
  11. -ibility

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Adapted from Wiktionary: -iatric (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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