Dictionary.com
Thesaurus.com

-desis

American  

  1. a combining form meaning “the act of binding” and used in the formation of nouns, as in arthrodesis and syndesis.

Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023

Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.