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a combining form meaning “disease,” used in the formation of compound words: nosology.

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Also especially before a vowel, nos-.

Origin of noso-

Combining form representing Greek nósos disease, sickness, malady

Words nearby noso-

no-side, nosing, no sir, no skin off one's nose, no smoke without fire, there's, noso-, no soap, nosocomial, nosogenesis, nosogenic, nosogeography

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British Dictionary definitions for noso-

noso-

before a vowel nos-

combining form

diseasenosology

Word Origin for noso-

from Greek nosos

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Medical definitions for noso-

noso-

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Disease:nosology.