-osis

UK/-əʊ.sɪs/Canada, US/-oʊ.sɪs/Australia/-əʉ.sɪs/New Zealand/-ɐʉ.səs/

suffix

functional disease or condition such as hepatosis

OriginNew Latin -ōsis ← Ancient Greek -ωσις →
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Meanings

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

plural -oses

  1. medicinefunctional disease or condition such as hepatosis
  2. process, action such as phagocytosis
  3. formation, increase such as leukocytosis

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
-iasis

Origin

  1. Ancient Greek-ωσις“state, abnormal condition, or action”
  2. New Latin-ōsis
  3. English-osis

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

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Translations

Bulgarian -о́за
  • -о́за (-óza)suffix for functional disorders
Catalan -osi
  • -osisuffix for functional disorders
Chinese Mandarin 症
  • 症 (zhèng)suffix for functional disorders
Czech -óza
  • -ózasuffix for functional disorders
Dutch -ose
  • -osesuffix for functional disorders
Esperanto -ozo
  • -ozosuffix for functional disorders
Finnish -oosi
  • -oosisuffix for functional disorders
French -ose
  • -osesuffix for functional disorders
German -ose
  • -osesuffix for functional disorders
Hungarian -ózis
  • -ózissuffix for functional disorders
Irish -óis
  • -óissuffix for functional disorders
Japanese 症
  • 症 (shō)suffix for functional disorders
Latin -ōsis
  • -ōsissuffix for functional disorders
Polish -oza
  • -ozasuffix for functional disorders
Portuguese -ose
  • -osesuffix for functional disorders
Russian -оз
  • -оз (-oz)suffix for functional disorders
Spanish -osis
  • -osissuffix for functional disorders
Swedish -os
  • -ossuffix for functional disorders
Turkish -oz
  • -ozsuffix for functional disorders

Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with -osis

diagnosistuberculosisosteoporosishypnosissclerosisapoptosisprognosisthrombosisstenosispsychosisosmosismitosisacidosissymbiosismeiosisneurosisphagocytosisendocytosisgnosisamyloidosismononucleosishemochromatosissilicosisexocytosis
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Cite this entry
APA

-osis. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/-osis

MLA

“-osis.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/-osis. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “-osis,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/-osis.

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