-osis

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-osis

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

Rhymes with -əʊsɪs

Where it comes from

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

suffix -oses

morpheme functional disease or condition such as hepatosis
morpheme process, action such as phagocytosis
morpheme formation, increase such as leukocytosis

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suffix suffix for functional disorders

Español	-osis
日本語	症 shō
中文	症 zhèng
Português	-ose
Français	-ose
Deutsch	-ose
Русский	-оз -oz

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"-osis." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/-osis. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

APA

-osis. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/-osis

Chicago

"-osis." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/-osis.

BibTeX

@misc{osis_2026,
  title = {-osis},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/-osis},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}