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Iatricsiatrics: Suffix meaning healing. From the Greek "iatros" meaning healer or physician. Pediatrics is the healing of children. Bariatric surgery is designed to heal obesity. Psychiatric care is meant to heal the mind. And geriatrics is the healing (or at least the treatment) of disorders characteristic of the aged. See also: Iatric; Iatrogenic.
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