-asis

a suffix occurring in scientific, especially medical, words from Greek: psoriasis.

Nearby words

-aris, -arium, -art, -ary, -ase, -asis, -ass, -ast, -aster, -ata, -ate

Origin of -asis

< Latin < Greek -iā- verb stem + -sis -sis

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British Dictionary definitions for -asis

-asis

suffix forming nouns

a variant of -iasis

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