-ia

Condition, used in formation of names of many diseases.

Compare: -ism.

Origin: G. -ia, an ancient noun-forming suffix

(05 Mar 2000)


Terms mentioned in text: condition, formation, names, many, diseases, -ism
Previous terms: hysterotrismus, hysterotubography, hystricine, hystricomorphous, hystrix, ia antigen, iabp, iamatology, ianc, ianthina, i antigens, iap