"-sis" meaning in English

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Suffix

Forms: -ses [plural]
Etymology: Ultimately from Ancient Greek -σις (-sis, “forms noun of action”), often via Latin or French. Identical in meaning with Latin -entia, English -ing. Etymology templates: {{der|en|grc|-σις|t=forms noun of action}} Ancient Greek -σις (-sis, “forms noun of action”) Head templates: {{head|en|suffix|cat2=noun-forming suffixes|cat3=unproductive suffixes|head=|id=}} -sis, {{en-suffix|cat2=noun-forming suffixes|cat3=unproductive suffixes|sort=sis}} -sis
  1. forming nouns of action or process Tags: morpheme
    Sense id: en--sis-en-suffix-PPEjcOMq
  2. (medicine) forming nouns of condition Tags: morpheme Categories (topical): Medicine
    Sense id: en--sis-en-suffix-MGLNtTn2 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 14 61 25 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 9 76 15 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 9 76 16 Topics: medicine, sciences
  3. forming additional nouns Tags: morpheme
    Sense id: en--sis-en-suffix-jI7bcOyU

Inflected forms

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