-osis

DEFINITION of -osis

forms abstract nouns: abnormal or diseased condition

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ETYMOLOGY of -osis

greek

Component	Origin	Meaning
-osis	Greek -ωσις (-ōsis)	Noun-forming suffix — “state or condition of,” “abnormal or diseased process,” “pathological change”

The suffix entered English in the 1500s as part of phthisis and leucosis (noun), borrowed from Latin -osis, from Greek -ωσις (-ōsis) — literally “a state or condition.” The term cirrhosis appeared in the 1820s, and neurosis in the 1820s. The suffix -ōsis (“condition, state”) connects -osis to the entire condition and state suffixes: cirrhosis (kirros + -osis $\to$ condition of hardening/fibrosis), neurosis (neuron + -osis $\to$ abnormal condition of the nerves), and leukosis (leukos + -osis $\to$ white blood cell disorder). The noun-forming suffix -osis is extremely productive across nearly all medical specialties: e.g., arthritis (cf. -itis), fibrosis, cirrhosis, leukosis, neurosis, and osteosclerosis (cf. -osis variant).

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RELATED TERMS to -osis

-osis	abnormal or diseased condition	-
-ma	YES	substance

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DERIVATIONS of -osis

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