-iatriccomb. form
Primary stress is attracted to the second syllable of this combining form and vowels may be reduced accordingly; see e.g.
phoniatric adj.Origin: Of multiple origins. Partly a borrowing from Latin. Partly a borrowing from Greek. Etymons: Latin -iatricus; Greek -ιατρικός.
Etymology: < post-classical Latin -iatricus (in e.g. chemiatricus chemiatric adj.) and its etymon Hellenistic Greek -ιατρικός (in e.g. ἱππιατρικός hippiatric adj.), combining form of ancient Greek ἰατρικός iatric adj. Compare French -iatrique, German -iatrisch.Earliest in the 17th cent. in the borrowing hippiatric adj. Found in a number of further borrowings and adaptations from the 19th cent., and in occasional independent formations within English.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, November 2010; most recently modified version published online December 2018).
comb. form