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    2 months ago

    osis meaning a disease

    Just as additional info: this is correct for English. In Ancient Greek the suffix -ωσις/-ōsis is wider, basically “plop it on a verb to get a noun for process, action or result”; so it’s a lot like one of English -ing suffixes (the one that makes nouns from verbs). e.g.

    • the falling = πτῶσις/ptôsis
    • the seizing = ἅλωσῐς/hálōsis