-osis

-osis

See also: osis

English

Etymology

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

Suffix

-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

Corresponding adjectives are formed using -otic.

Derived terms

English terms suffixed with -osis

Translations

suffix for functional disorders

Catalan: -osi (ca) f Chinese: Mandarin: 症 (zh) (zhèng) Czech: -óza f Dutch: -ose (nl) Esperanto: -ozo Finnish: -oosi French: -ose (fr) Galician: -ose f German: -ose (de) Hungarian: -ózis Interlingua: -osis Irish: -óis f Japanese: 症 (ja) (shō) Occitan: -osi f Polish: -oza (pl) f Polish: -oza (pl) f Portuguese: -ose (pt) f Russian: -оз (ru) m (-oz) Spanish: -osis (es) f

See also

• -exia
• -iasis
• -itis
• -otic
• Template:Helminthiases (Infectious · Parasitic disease)

References

1. “Archived copy”, in (please provide the title of the work)‎, accessed 29 November 2018, archived from the original on 2014-02-05

Anagrams

• ISOs, isos, ossi-, sois

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Interlingua

Etymology

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

• IPA^(key): /ˈosis/, /ˈozis/

Suffix

-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

• A corresponding adjectival suffix is -otic.

Derived terms

Category Interlingua terms suffixed with -osis not found

References

• Alexander Gode; Hugh E. Blair (1955) Interlingua: A Grammar of the International Language, →ISBN

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Latin

Suffix

-ōsīs

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

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Spanish

Suffix

-osis f (plural -osis)

1. (pathology) -osis

Derived terms

Spanish terms suffixed with -osis

Further reading

• “-osis”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014