-iasis

a noun suffix occurring in loanwords from Greek: psoriasis.
Compare -asis.

Origin of -iasis

< Greek, equivalent to -iā- v. formative + -sis -sis

Words nearby -iasis

-i-, -ia, -ial, -ian, -iana, -iasis, -iatric, -iatrics, -iatry, -ibility, -ible

British Dictionary definitions for -iasis

-iasis

-asis

n combining form

(in medicine) indicating a diseased condition psoriasis Compare -osis (def. 2)

Word Origin for -iasis

from New Latin, from Greek, suffix of action

Medical definitions for -iasis

-iasis

suff.

A pathological condition characterized or produced by:teniasis.