(in medicine) indicating a diseased condition: psoriasis
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-iasis,
- a noun suffix occurring in loanwords from Greek:psoriasis.Cf. -asis.
- Greek, equivalent. to -iā- verb, verbal formative + -sis -sis
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'-iasis' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
-asis
- -osis
- acariasis
- amebiasis
- ankylostomiasis
- ascariasis
- bilharziasis
- candidiasis
- cholelithiasis
- elephantiasis
- enterobiasis
- fascioliasis
- fasciolopsiasis
- filariasis
- leishmaniasis
- leontiasis
- lithiasis
- loiasis
- moniliasis
- onchocerciasis
- oxyuriasis
- phthiriasis
- pityriasis
- satyriasis
- schistosomiasis
- treponemiasis
- trichiasis
- trichomoniasis
- trichuriasis
- trombiculiasis
- trypanosomiasis
- uncinariasis