-osis
noun suffix
plural -oses or -osises
1
a
: action : process : condition
hypnosis
b
: abnormal or diseased condition
leukosis
2
: increase : formation
leukocytosis
Word History
Etymology
New Latin, from Greek -ōsis, from -ō- (stem of causative verbs in -oun) + -sis
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