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• -ian

  a suffix with the same meaning and properties as -an; -ian, is now the more productive of the two suffixes in recent coinages, especially when the base noun ends in a consonant: orwellian; washingtonian . -an suffix (forming adjectives and nouns) belonging to or relating to; a person belonging to or coming from european (forming […]

• -iana

  -an, -ana. -ana suffix denoting a collection of objects or information relating to a particular individual, subject, or place shakespeareana, victoriana, americana word origin -iana suffix a variant of -ana

• -iasis

  a noun suffix occurring in loanwords from greek: psoriasis. -iasis combining form (in medicine) indicating a diseased condition psoriasis compare -osis (sense 2) word origin -iasis suff. a pathological condition characterized or produced by: teniasis.

• -iatric

  -iatric from gk. iatrikos “healing,” from iatros “physician, healer,” related to iatreuo “treat medically,” from iaomai “to cure,” from iaino “heat, warm, cheer.” -iatric suff. of or relating to a specified kind of medical practice, treatment, or healing: geriatric.

• -iatrics

  a combining form occurring in compound words that have the general sense “healing, medical practice,” with the initial element usually denoting the type of person treated: geriatrics; pediatrics. -iatrics combining form indicating medical care or treatment paediatrics compare -iatry word origin -iatrics suff. medical treatment: pediatrics.

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