-asis

-asis

a suffix occurring in scientific, especially medical, words from Greek: psoriasis.

Origin:
< Latin < Greek -iā- verb stem + -sis -sis

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-asis
 
suffix forming nouns
a variant of -iasis

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-asis is always a great word to know.
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an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle.
a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.
-iasis or -asis
 
n combining form
Compare -osis (in medicine) indicating a diseased condition: psoriasis
 
[from New Latin, from Greek, suffix of action]
 
-asis or -asis
 
n combining form
 
[from New Latin, from Greek, suffix of action]

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