-iatry

Suffix meaning medical treatment. From the Greek iatreia meaning healing, which came from iatros meaning treatment (or physician). Psychiatry is literally the medical treatment of the psyche.

(12 Dec 1998)


Terms mentioned in text: suffix, medical, treatment, greek, healing, physician, psychiatry, medical treatment, psyche
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