Ancient Greek word root · Body & Health

-iatry: healing, medicine

-iatry is an Ancient Greek root meaning “healing, medicine”. Learn its variants and explore 5 connected words.

Meaning and variants

Meaning: healing, medicine

Root forms: -iatry, iatro-, -iatric

Source word: ἰατρός — physician; surgeon; medical doctor

Word family and examples

• psychiatric

  Of, or relating to, psychiatry.

• psychiatry

  the study and treatment of mental illness

• geriatric

  Relating to the elderly.

• podiatry

  Chiropody.

• podiatric

  Of or pertaining to podiatry, the medical specialty concerned with the foot

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