-osis; abnormal condition
Dermocyanosis is an abnormal condition of blue skin.[derm/o- (skin)] + [cyan/o (blue)] + [-osis (abnormal condition)]
Definition: suffix (-osis) - affected with, condition, abnormal process.Disease. For example, nephrosis means kidney disease.denotes a process or conditionIt just means condition of. So fibrosis is a condition of being fibrotic etc.
There are several nasty things that inhaling coal dust can do but the commonest one was pneumoconiosis.Pneumoconiosis is caused by dust in the lungs usually after prolonged environmental or occupational contact.Anthracosis (an-thrah-KOH-sis),also known as coal miner's pneumoconiosis or black lung disease, iscaused by coal dust in the lungs(anthrac means coal dust, and -osis means abnormal condition or disease.
That would be 'itis'. As in sinusitis.-osis
The suffix -osis typically indicates a state or condition, often referring to a process, disorder, or abnormal condition. It is commonly used in medical terminology to describe diseases or pathological conditions.
Psychoses. This is the type of Greek root for a word that ends in -is, such as analysis/analyses.
Flow; excessive discharge. orrhexis. rupture. osis. abnormal condition (means increased when used with blood cell word roots).
As I understand it, "osis" would be the suffix meaning abnormal condition and "cyan" would be the root meaning bluish color
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7..Pneumono = regarding lung (Latin)Ultra = penetration or extreme (Latin, "ultraviolet")microscopic = extremely minimal (Latin / Old English)silico = silika (Latin)volcano = volcano (Latin)Coni = regard to dust (Greek: konis , dust)osis = illness or condition (Greek)
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