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-osis word element [Gr.], disease; morbid state; abnormal increase.

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1. Condition; process; action: osmosis.

2. Diseased or abnormal condition: proptosis.

3. Increase; formation: leukocytosis.

-osis

word element. [Gr.] disease, morbid state, abnormal increase.

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