-osis

suffix — 3 senses

-osis

suffix

UK /-əʊ.sɪs/ · CA, US /-oʊ.sɪs/

Etymology Learned borrowing from New Latin -ōsis, from Ancient Greek -ωσις (-ōsis, “state, abnormal condition, or action”), from -όω (-óō) stem verbs + -σις (-sis).

Medicine, Pathology, Sciences Morpheme functional disease or condition such as hepatosis

Morpheme process, action such as phagocytosis

Morpheme formation, increase such as leukocytosis

Related terms: -exia, -iasis, -itis, -otic, Template:Helminthiases

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