-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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- -iatry
a combining form occurring in compound words that have the general sense “healing, medical practice,” with the initial element usually denoting the area treated: podiatry; psychiatry. -iatry combining form indicating healing or medical treatment psychiatry compare -iatrics derived forms word origin -iatry suff. medical treatment: psychiatry.
- -ibility
variant of -ability: reducibility.
- -ible
variant of -able, occurring in words borrowed from latin (credible; horrible; visible), or modeled on the latin type (reducible). -ible suffix a variant of -able derived forms
- -ibly
variant of -ably: credibly; visibly.
- -ic
a suffix forming adjectives from other parts of speech, occurring originally in greek and latin loanwords (metallic; poetic; archaic; public) and, on this model, used as an adjective-forming suffix with the particular senses “having some characteristics of” (opposed to the simple attributive use of the base noun) (balletic; soph-m-ric); “in the style of” (byronic; miltonic); […]