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by dataflow 761 days ago
> -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?

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

-sis is just a noun-forming suffix.