-OSIS


Meaning of -OSIS in English

[-osis] n suffix, pl -oses or -osises [ME, fr. L, fr. Gk -osis, fr. -o- (stem of causative verbs in -oun) + -sis] 1 a: action: process: condition "hypnosis" b: abnormal or diseased condition "leukosis"

2: increase: formation "leukocytosis"

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