-OSIS


Meaning of -OSIS in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ noun suffix ]

( plural -oses or -osises )

Etymology: New Latin, from Greek -ōsis, from -ō- (stem of causative verbs in -oun ) + -sis

1.

a. : action : process : condition

hypn osis

b. : abnormal or diseased condition

leuk osis

2. : increase : formation

leukocyt osis

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