-iasis

1. a noun suffix occurring in loanwords from Greek:

   psoriasis.

-iasis

combining form

1. (in medicine) indicating a diseased condition Compare -osis

   psoriasis

Word History and Origins

Origin of -iasis¹

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of -iasis¹

from New Latin, from Greek, suffix of action

Example Sentences

Hospital operator Steward Health Care System will acquire Iasis Healthcare LLC for $1.9 billion, according to a person familiar with the transaction.

From Wall Street Journal

Its strategic partners have helped open doors to such large for-profit hospital groups as Vanguard Health Systems and Iasis Healthcare, as well as nonprofits he declined to name.

From Forbes

So the De Iasis decided to build a 4,000-sq.-ft. log home smack in the middle of Secaucus, N.J.--just five miles from New York City's Times Square.

From Time Magazine Archive

The De Iasis purchased a model log-home kit from Kuhns Bros.

From Time Magazine Archive

So the De Iasis decided to build a 4,000-sq.-ft. log home smack in the middle of Secaucus, N.J.--just five miles from New York City's Times Square.

From Time Magazine Archive