Medical Terminology / Unit 2 MedTerm 0082 short lesson, about 20 seconds
-iasis: Presence or Formation Of
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The idea
The suffix iasis names the presence or formation of the thing its root identifies.
In practice
Cholelithiasis is the presence of gallstones.
Where people slip
Lith is the object; iasis is the condition of having it. Both appear in one term.
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