单词 | -osis |
释义 | -osis a suffix occurring in nouns that denote actions, conditions, or states (hypnosis; leukocytosis; osmosis), esp. disorders or abnormal states (chlorosis; neurofibromatosis; tuberculosis). Cf. -otic. [on the model of Gk borrowings ending in Gk -osis, as sklerosis SCLEROSIS, derived orig. from verbs ending in the formative -o- (-o- in n. derivatives), with the suffix -sis -SIS] |
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