-iasis

A condition or state, especially an unhealthy one; in medical neologisms it has the same value as, and is sometimes interchangeable with, G. -osis.

Origin: G. Suffix forming nouns from verbs

(05 Mar 2000)


Terms mentioned in text: condition, state, medical, neologisms, same, value, -osis
Previous terms: i, -ia, ia antigen, iabp, iamatology, ianc, ianthina, iatraliptic, iatraliptics, iatrapistic, iatric, iatrical, -iatrics