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 Definitions of -osis  [ən]  

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Definition of '-osis' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

1. (adj.) -osis
a suffix occurring in nouns that denote actions, conditions, or states (hypnosis; osmosis), esp. disorders or abnormal states (neurofibromatosis; tuberculosis).

Etymology:  (on the model of Gk borrowings ending in Gk -ōsis, derived orig. from verbs ending in the formative -o- (-ō- in n. derivatives), with the suffix -sis -sis)


'-osis' - Nearby Entries  

-orexia  -ory  -ose  -osis  -ota  -ote  -otic  



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