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noso-

noso- prefix: disease.

Prefix

noso-

  1. (in-compounds) disease
    • disease, sickness2015, “noso-, nos-, nosero-, noser-, -nosia, -nosis, -noses, -nosus, nosema-”, in Robertson's words for a modern age: a dictionary of English vocabulary words derived primarily from Latin and Greek...

Forms of noso-

alternative formnos-

Origin of noso-

From Ancient Greek νοσο- (noso-, “disease”), combining form of νόσος (nósos, “disease”).

Words formed from noso-

Questions about noso-

What does noso- mean?
Noso- means disease.
What part of speech is noso-?
Noso- is a prefix.

Words near noso- in the dictionary

  1. Noskas
  2. nosle
  3. Nosler
  4. Noslers
  5. nosles
  6. noso-
  7. nosocomephobia
  8. nosocomia
  9. nosocomial
  10. nosocomiality
  11. nosocomially

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