-asissuffix

Primary stress is usually attracted to the syllable immediately preceding this suffix and vowels may be reduced accordingly; see e.g. satyriasis n.

Etymology: < Latin -ăsis, Greek -ᾱσις.

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Forming names of diseases, really nouns of state or process from verbs in -άειν(contracted -ᾶν); as from ϕθείρ louse, ϕθειρᾶν to be lousy, ϕθειρίᾱσις phthiˈriăsis; so elephantiasis, psoriasis, and many modern words, more or less analogical, as allantiasis, arseniasis, etc.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1885; most recently modified version published online March 2020).

单词	-asis
释义	-asissuffix Primary stress is usually attracted to the syllable immediately preceding this suffix and vowels may be reduced accordingly; see e.g. satyriasis n. Etymology: < Latin -ăsis, Greek -ᾱσις. Categories » Forming names of diseases, really nouns of state or process from verbs in -άειν(contracted -ᾶν); as from ϕθείρ louse, ϕθειρᾶν to be lousy, ϕθειρίᾱσις phthiˈriăsis; so elephantiasis, psoriasis, and many modern words, more or less analogical, as allantiasis, arseniasis, etc. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1885; most recently modified version published online March 2020). < suffix
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