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-esis

-esis suffix: used to form nouns denoting condition, action, or process.

Suffix

-esis

  1. Used to form nouns denoting condition, action, or process.

Forms of -esis

alternative form-esy

Origin of -esis

From Latin -ēsis, from Ancient Greek -ησις (-ēsis), from -σις (-sis).

Questions about -esis

What does -esis mean?
-esis means used to form nouns denoting condition, action, or process.
What part of speech is -esis?
-esis is a suffix.

Words near -esis in the dictionary

  1. -escence
  2. -escent
  3. -esces
  4. -escing
  5. -ese
  6. -esis
  7. -esque
  8. -ess
  9. -esse
  10. -esses
  11. -est

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