-iasis


  1. a noun suffix occurring in loanwords from Greek: psoriasis.

Origin of -iasis

1
<Greek, equivalent to -iā- v. formative + -sis-sis

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British Dictionary definitions for -iasis

-iasis

n combining form
  1. (in medicine) indicating a diseased condition: psoriasis Compare -osis (def. 2)

Origin of -iasis

1
from New Latin, from Greek, suffix of action

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