iatro-, iater-, -iatria, -iatric, -iatrician, -iatrics, -iatry
(Greek: physician; heal, cure, treat; medical healing)
idiatrist
A physician who specializes in a particular medical area.
idiatrology
Medical science or the study of medicine.
kinesiatrics, kinesiatric
1. The treatment of diseases by means of gymnastics or muscular action.
2. Kinesitherapy, treatment of ailments with movements or exercises.
laliatry
The study and treatment of speech disorders and defects.
maschaliatry
A medical doctor who treats ailments of the armpits or axillae.
mydriatic
A medicine that causes dilation of the pupil in the eye.
neuropsychiatry
1. Psychiatry that relates mental or emotional disturbance to disordered brain function; neurology and psychiatry as a single discipline.
2. The specialty dealing with both organic and psychic disorders of the nervous system; this is an earlier term for psychiatry.
nomiatrist
A lawyer who is an expert in medical cases.
nomiatry
Medical law.
odontoiatry, odontoiatria, odontoiatric
Dental therapeutics or the medical treatment of teeth.
ophthalmiatry, ophthalmiatrics
Medical treatment of the eyes or ocular diseases.
orthopsychiatry, orthopsychiatric
1. A branch of psychiatry concerned especially with the prevention of mental or behavioural disorders.
2. A cross-disciplinary science combining child psychiatry, pediatrics, developmental psychology, and family care devoted to the discovery, prevention, and treatment of mental and psychological disorders in children and adolescents.
otiatrics, otiatric
The nature and principles of the medical treatment of the ears.
otiatry
1. The medical treatment of the ears.
2. The art of healing diseases of the ears.
pediatric, paediatric
Of, pertaining to, or dealing with pediatrics or the diseases of children.
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