Etymology

-iatrics

Today it means: Forms a noun meaning a specialty medical field of practice. Full definition →

Ancient Greek ἰατρός
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The story

  1. Ancient Greek · borrowed fromἰατρός“doctor”
  2. English today-iatrics

From Ancient Greek ἰατρός (iatrós, “doctor”) + -ics.

Words from the same roots

Ancient Greekἰατρός all →

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Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.