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  an adjective-forming suffix, joined to bases of latin origin in imitation of borrowed latin words containing the suffix -tory1, (and its alternant -sory): excretory; sensory; statutory . -ory2 a suffix forming nouns denoting places or receptacles, joined to bases of latin origin in imitation of borrowed latin words containing the suffix -tory2, (or its alternant […]

• -ose

  a suffix occurring in adjectives borrowed from latin, meaning “full of,” “abounding in,” “given to,” “like”: frondose; globose; jocose; otiose; verbose. -ose2 a suffix used in chemical terminology to form the names of sugars and other carbohydrates (amylose; fructose; hexose; lactose), and of protein derivatives (proteose). origin -ose1 suffix possessing; resembling verbose, grandiose word origin […]

• -osis

  a suffix occurring in nouns that denote actions, conditions, or states (hypnosis; leukocytosis; osmosis), especially disorders or abnormal states (chlorosis; neurofibromatosis; tuberculosis). compare -otic. -osis suffix indicating a process or state metamorphosis indicating a diseased condition tuberculosis compare -iasis indicating the formation or development of something fibrosis word origin from greek, suffix used to form […]

• -ota

  a plural suffix occurring in taxonomic names, especially of phyla: eumycota. compare -ote.

• -ote

  a suffix forming singular nouns that correspond to the plural taxonomic suffix -ota: eukaryote .

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