Osis definition
A suffix that means.
An abnormal or diseased condition.
Psychosis, mycosis.
affix
Increase; formation.
Leukocytosis.
suffix
State, condition, action.
Hypnosis.
affix
Increase or formation.
Leukocytosis.
affix
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Diseased condition, as in tuberculosis.
Condition or process, as in osmosis.
Diseased or abnormal condition.
Acidosis.
suffix
Osis is defined as state, diseased condition or increase.
An example of the -osis suffix is narcosis, meaning a state of unconsciousness caused by a drug.
An example of the -osis suffix is cirrhosis, meaning an organ, usually the liver, in a diseased state.
An example of the -osis suffix is fibrosis, meaning an increase in fibrous tissue in an injured part of the body.
suffix
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Condition; process; action.
Osmosis.
suffix
Origin of osis
- L < Gr -ōsis < -ō-, -o-, ending of preceding verbal or substantive stem + -sis
From Webster's New World College Dictionary, 5th Edition
- Latin -ōsis from Greek n. suff
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
- From Ancient Greek -οσις ("-osis"; state, condition, or action).
From Wiktionary