-asis
a suffix occurring in scientific, especially medical, words from greek:
psoriasis.
-asis
suffix
a variant of -iasis
-iasis
combining form
(in medicine) indicating a diseased condition psoriasis compare -osis (sense 2)
word origin
from new latin, from greek, suffix of action
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–ss suffix used to form adjectives having b-ttocks of the specified sort: big–ss/ fat-ssed used to form adjectives and nouns 2 having a specified character or nature to a high degree: bad-ss/ wild-ssed/ silly–ss
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a plural suffix occurring in loanwords from latin, forming nouns used especially in names of zoological groups: vertebrata. -ata2 a plural suffix occurring in loanwords from greek: stomata. origin
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