-osis

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See also: osis

English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

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

Pronunciation[edit]

Suffix[edit]

-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[edit]

Corresponding adjectives are formed using -otic.

Derived terms[edit]

English terms suffixed with -osis

Translations[edit]

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ (Please provide the book title or journal name)‎[1], 2018 November 29 (last accessed), archived from the original on 5 February 2014

Anagrams[edit]

Interlingua[edit]

Etymology[edit]

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[edit]

Suffix[edit]

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-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[edit]

  • A corresponding adjectival suffix is -otic.

Derived terms[edit]

Category Interlingua terms suffixed with -osis not found

References[edit]

Latin[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

From Ancient Greek -ωσις (-ōsis, “state, abnormal condition, or action”), from -όω (-óō) stem verbs + -σις (-sis). This suffix was already found in Classical Latin terms borrowed from Ancient Greek (e.g. metamorphōsis, from Ancient Greek μεταμόρφωσις (metamórphōsis), itself from μετᾰμορφόω (metamorphóō) +‎ -σῐς (-sis)).

Suffix[edit]

-ōsis f (genitive -ōsis); third declension

  1. (New Latin, pathology) -osis
    ‎tūberculum (“tubercle”) + ‎-ōsis → ‎tūberculōsis (“tuberculosis”)
Declension[edit]

Third-declension noun (i-stem).

Case Singular Plural
Nominative -ōsis -ōsēs
Genitive -ōseos
-ōsis 		-ōseōn
Dative -ōsi -ōsesin
-ōsibus
Accusative -ōsin
-ōsim 		-ōseis
Ablative -ōsi -ōsesin
-ōsibus
Vocative -ōsis -ōsēs
Derived terms[edit]
Latin terms suffixed with -osis
Related terms[edit]

Etymology 2[edit]

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Suffix[edit]

-ōsīs

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

Spanish[edit]

Suffix[edit]

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

  1. (pathology) -osis

Derived terms[edit]

Spanish terms suffixed with -osis

Further reading[edit]

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