-iatry, -iatrist
Suffix Medical Terminology
Medical treatment (-iatry) or the specialist who provides it (-iatrist).
Example: psychiatry (treatment of mental disorders)
Related terms
- specialistA provider who focuses on a specific area of medicine or group of patients.
- -gramA record or picture produced by a test.
- -graph, -graphyProcess of recording or making an image; -graph can also name the recording instrument.
- -iaCondition.
- -iasisCondition or formation of, often abnormal.
- -ismCondition or state.
- -itisInflammation.
- -iumStructure or tissue.
- -logistSpecialist in the study and treatment of a body part or disease.
Study Medical Terminology