-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 nouns from verbs with infinitives in -oein or -oun
-osis
suffix expressing state or condition, in medical terminology denoting “a state of disease,” from l. -osis, from gk. -osis, formed from the aorist of verbs ending in -o. it corresponds to l. -atio.

-osis suff.

condition; process; action: osmosis.

diseased or abnormal condition: neurosis.

increase; formation: leukocytosis.

-osis

a suffix that means:

diseased condition, as in tuberculosis.

condition or process, as in osmosis.

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