-osis

American  

1. a suffix occurring in nouns that denote actions, conditions, or states (hypnosis; leukocytosis; osmosis ), especially disorders or abnormal states (chlorosis; neurofibromatosis; tuberculosis ).

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-osis British  

suffix

1. indicating a process or state

   metamorphosis

2. indicating a diseased condition Compare -iasis

   tuberculosis

3. indicating the formation or development of something

   fibrosis

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–osis Scientific  

1. A suffix that means:

2. Diseased condition, as in tuberculosis.

3. Condition or process, as in osmosis.

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Etymology

Origin of -osis

On the model of Greek borrowings ending in Greek -ōsis, as sklērōsis sclerosis, derived originally from verbs ending in the formative -o- ( -ō- in noun derivatives), with the suffix -sis -sis

Example Sentences

Near to the Martyrdom of St. Andrew hang the Visi�n de San Basilio and the Apot�osis of San Hermenegildo, two works of great size, by Herrera el Viego.

From Project Gutenberg

In the centre is, La Apot�osis de Santo Tom�s de Aquino, considered by some critics the masterpiece of Zurbaran.

From Project Gutenberg

Chief Executive Andrew Osis says creating the app with Adobe Air was easier than writing for the iPhone, Android or Nokia's Symbian platform.

From Forbes

"We've got this tiger by the tail and are just trying to hang on," says its CEO Andrew Osis.

From Reuters

"Across our markets we are getting this fall messages from advertisers that for 2011 they have created separate mobile budgets," Andrew Osis, chief executive of Calgary, Canada based Poynt, told Reuters in an interview.

From Reuters