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-osis
- a suffix occurring in nouns that denote actions, conditions, or states ( hypnosis; leukocytosis; osmosis ), especially disorders or abnormal states ( chlorosis; neurofibromatosis; tuberculosis ).
–osis
- A suffix that means:
- Diseased condition, as in tuberculosis.
- Condition or process, as in osmosis.
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Word History and Origins
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Word History and Origins
Origin of -osis1
from Greek, suffix used to form nouns from verbs with infinitives in -oein or -oun
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Example Sentences
The surgeons had called it something ending in osis and prescribed finally "light duty."
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