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-osis

  1. a suffix occurring in nouns that denote actions, conditions, or states ( hypnosis; leukocytosis; osmosis ), especially disorders or abnormal states ( chlorosis; neurofibromatosis; tuberculosis ).


-osis

suffix forming nouns

  1. indicating a process or state

    metamorphosis

  2. indicating a diseased condition Compare -iasis

    tuberculosis

  3. indicating the formation or development of something

    fibrosis

鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

鈥搊蝉颈蝉

  1. A suffix that means:
  2. Diseased condition, as in tuberculosis.
  3. Condition or process, as in osmosis.
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of -osis1

On the model of Greek borrowings ending in Greek -艒蝉颈蝉, as 蝉办濒脓谤艒蝉颈蝉 sclerosis, derived originally from verbs ending in the formative -o- ( -艒- in noun derivatives), with the suffix -sis -sis
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of -osis1

from Greek, suffix used to form nouns from verbs with infinitives in -oein or -oun
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Example Sentences

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Near to the Martyrdom of St. Andrew hang the Visi锟絥 de San Basilio and the Apot锟給sis of San Hermenegildo, two works of great size, by Herrera el Viego.

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In the centre is, La Apot锟給sis de Santo Tom锟絪 de Aquino, considered by some critics the masterpiece of Zurbaran.

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But another flatterer, by name Osis, caused Thraso to be put to death by Hieronymus; and he persuaded Hieronymus himself to assume the diadem, and the purple and all the rest of the royal apparel, which Dionysius the tyrant was accustomed to wear.

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Chief Executive Andrew Osis says creating the app with Adobe Air was easier than writing for the iPhone, Android or Nokia's Symbian platform.

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"We've got this tiger by the tail and are just trying to hang on," says its CEO Andrew Osis.

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