See Also: geognosy(medicine)
geognosy(dictionary)

iasis (iou) and geognosy (medicine)


iasis (iou)



-iasis suffix.
[from -I- + Latin or Greek -asis used to form nouns of state or process.]
Forming the names of diseases, as elephantiasis, leishmaniasis, psoriasis.

geognosy (medicine)


geognosy


That part of geology which treats of the materials of the earth's structure, and its General exterior and interior constitution.

Origin: Gr, the earth + knowing, knowledge, fr. To know: cf. F. Geognosie.

Source: Websters Dictionary