| 单词 | -osis |
| 释义 | -osisa suffix occurring in nouns that denote actions, conditions, or states (hypnosis; leukocytosis; osmosis), especially disorders or abnormal states (chlorosis; neurofibromatosis; tuberculosis). Compare -otic. Origin of -osison the model of Greek borrowings ending in Greek -ōsis, as sklērōsissclerosis, derived originally from verbs ending in the formative -o- (-ō- in noun derivatives), with the suffix -sis-sis Words nearby -osisOSI, osier, Osijek, os intermetatarseum, Osiris, -osis, Oskaloosa, Öskemen, OSlav, Osler, Osler node Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 British Dictionary definitions for -osis-osis suffix forming nounsindicating a process or statemetamorphosis indicating a diseased conditiontuberculosis Compare -iasis indicating the formation or development of somethingfibrosis Word Origin for -osisfrom Greek, suffix used to form nouns from verbs with infinitives in -oein or -oun Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Medical definitions for -osis-osis suff.Condition; process; action:osmosis. Diseased or abnormal condition:proptosis. Increase; formation:leukocytosis. The American Heritage® Stedman's Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. Scientific definitions for -osis-osis A suffix that means: Diseased condition, as in tuberculosis. Condition or process, as in osmosis. The American Heritage® Science Dictionary Copyright © 2011. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved. |
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