- -iatric
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also -iatrical
adjective combining form
Etymology: New Latin -iatria
of or relating to (such) medical treatment or healing <pediatric>
New Collegiate Dictionary. 2001.
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Iatric — I*at ric, Iatrical I*at ric*al, a. [Gr. ? healing, fr. ? physician, fr. ? to heal.] Of or pertaining to medicine, or to medical men. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
-iatric — suff. Of or relating to a specified kind of medical practice, treatment, or healing: geriatric. [From Greek iātrikos, medical, from iātros, physician, from īāsthai, iāsthai, to heal.] * * * … Universalium
iatric — Element secund de compunere savantă cu semnificaţia terapeutic , curativ . [pron. ia . / < fr. iatrique, it. iatrico]. Trimis de LauraGellner, 22.04.2005. Sursa: DN … Dicționar Român
-iatric — from Gk. iatrikos healing, from iatros physician, healer (related to iatreun treat medically, and iasthai heal, treat ); of uncertain origin, perhaps from iaomai to cure, related to iaino heat, warm, cheer, probably from a root meaning “enliven … Etymology dictionary
iatric — [ī a′trik΄] adj. [Gr iatrikos < iatros, physician < iasthai, to cure, heal] of medicine or medical doctors; medical or medicinal: also iatrical … English World dictionary
iatric — Pertaining to medicine or to a physician or healer. [G. iatros, physician] * * * iat·ric (.)ī a trikalso (.)ē adj 1) of or relating to a physician or medical treatment: MEDICAL <outstanding iatric ability> 2) being medicinal, healing, or… … Medical dictionary
iatric — /uy a trik, ee a /, adj. of or pertaining to a physician or medicine; medical. Also, iatrical. [1850 55; < Gk iatrikós of healing, equiv. to iatr(ós) healer (see IATRO ) + ikos IC] * * * … Universalium
iatric — adjective Of or pertaining to a physician or physicians … Wiktionary
-iatric — [Gr. iatrikos pertaining to a physician, from iatros physician] a combining form denoting relationship to medical treatment … Medical dictionary
iatric — adj. medicinal; pertaining to medicine; pertaining to doctors … English contemporary dictionary
