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-osis

See also: osis

English edit

Etymology edit

From Ancient Greek -ωσις (-ōsis, “state, abnormal condition, or action”), from -όω (-óō) stem verbs + -σις (-sis).[1]

Pronunciation edit

Suffix edit

-osis (plural -oses)

  1. (pathology) functional disease or condition such as hepatosis
  2. process, action such as phagocytosis
  3. formation, increase such as leukocytosis

Usage notes edit

Corresponding adjectives are formed using -otic.

Derived terms edit

English terms suffixed with -osis

Translations edit

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ (Please provide the book title or journal name)‎[1], 2018 November 29 (last accessed), archived from the original on 5 February 2014

Anagrams edit

Interlingua edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from English -osis, French -ose, Italian -ose, Portuguese -ose/Spanish -osis, Russian -оз (-oz), all ultimately via Latin from Ancient Greek -ωσις (-ōsis).

Pronunciation edit

Suffix edit

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-osis

  1. (pathology) forms nouns from nouns, denoting functional disease or condition; -itis
    ‎neuro- (“neuro- (“nerve”)”) + ‎-osis → ‎neurosis (“neurosis”)
    ‎tuberculo (“tubercle”) + ‎-osis → ‎tuberculosis (“tuberculosis”)
    ‎halito (“breath”) + ‎-osis → ‎halitosis (“halitosis”)

Usage notes edit

  • A corresponding adjectival suffix is -otic.

Derived terms edit

Category Interlingua terms suffixed with -osis not found

References edit

Latin edit

Etymology 1 edit

From Ancient Greek -ωσις (-ōsis, “state, abnormal condition, or action”), from -όω (-óō) stem verbs + -σις (-sis). This suffix was already found in Classical Latin terms borrowed from Ancient Greek (e.g. metamorphōsis, from Ancient Greek μεταμόρφωσις (metamórphōsis), itself from μετᾰμορφόω (metamorphóō) +‎ -σῐς (-sis)).

Suffix edit

-ōsis f (genitive -ōsis); third declension

  1. (New Latin, pathology) -osis
    ‎tūberculum (“tubercle”) + ‎-ōsis → ‎tūberculōsis (“tuberculosis”)
Declension edit

Third-declension noun (i-stem).

Case Singular Plural
Nominative -ōsis -ōsēs
Genitive -ōseos
-ōsis 		-ōseōn
Dative -ōsi -ōsesin
-ōsibus
Accusative -ōsin
-ōsim 		-ōseis
Ablative -ōsi -ōsesin
-ōsibus
Vocative -ōsis -ōsēs
Derived terms edit
Latin terms suffixed with -osis
Related terms edit

Etymology 2 edit

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Suffix edit

-ōsīs

  1. dative/ablative masculine/feminine/neuter plural of -ōsus

Spanish edit

Suffix edit

-osis f (noun-forming suffix, plural -osis)

  1. (pathology) -osis

Derived terms edit

Spanish terms suffixed with -osis

Further reading edit

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