-iasis

-iasis
noun suffix (plural -iases) Etymology: New Latin, from Latin, from Greek, suffix of action, from denominative verbs in -ian, -iazein disease having characteristics of or produced by (something specified) <
onchocerciasis
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ancylostomiasis
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New Collegiate Dictionary. 2001.

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