-osis

See also: osis

English

Etymology

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

Suffix

-osis (plural -oses)

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

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)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• 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)

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 (1951) Interlingua-English: A Dictionary of the International Language, New York: Storm Publishers, →OL

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Latin

Suffix

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

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Spanish

Suffix

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

1. (pathology) -osis

Derived terms

Spanish terms suffixed with -osis