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dataflow on May 16, 2024 | parent | context | favorite | on: What’s the difference between an -ectomy, an -osto...

> -itis means the part of the body is swollen, while -osis means the part of the body is damaged.

Does the suffix have any similar meaning outside of medicine? Like, osmosis?

thaumasiotes on May 16, 2024 [–]

-osis isn't a suffix at all; compare crisis, stasis, or paralysis.

-sis is just a noun-forming suffix.

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