-iatría

See also: -iatria, -iatrią, and -iátria

Spanish

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἰατρεία (iatreía, “healing, medical treatment”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ʝaˈtɾia/ [ɟ͡ʝaˈt̪ɾi.a]

• IPA^(key): (everywhere but Argentina and Uruguay) /ʝaˈtɾia/ [ɟ͡ʝaˈt̪ɾi.a]
• IPA^(key): (Argentina and Uruguay) /jaˈtɾia/ [jaˈt̪ɾi.a]

• Rhymes: -ia
• Syllabification: -ia‧trí‧a

Suffix

-iatría f (noun-forming suffix, plural -iatrías)

1. -iatry
2. -iatrics

Derived terms

Spanish terms suffixed with -iatría

geriatría

pediatría

psiquiatría

Further reading

• “-iatría”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10