7-letter words that end in sis
- -biosis — indicating a specified mode of life
- -gnosis — (esp in medicine) recognition or knowledge
- abiosis — absence of life
- algesis — a feeling or sense of pain
- anoesis — a theoretical condition in which there is feeling without understanding
- aphesis — the gradual disappearance of an unstressed vowel at the beginning of a word, as in squire from esquire
- ascesis — the exercise of self-discipline
- asepsis — the state of being free from living pathogenic organisms
- askesis — the procedure of demonstrating self-control and determination of action and purpose
- auxesis — growth in animal or plant tissues resulting from an increase in cell size without cell division
- chassis — A chassis is the framework that a vehicle is built on.
- classis — a governing body of elders or pastors
- crypsis — (biology) The ability of an organism to avoid observation.
- cytosis — (pathology) An abnormal increase in the number of a specified type of cells.
- dalasis — Plural form of dalasi.
- dulosis — the enslavement of an ant colony or its members by ants of a different species.
- ecbasis — (rhetoric) A figure in which the orator treats things according to their events or consequences.
- ecdysis — the shedding or casting off of an outer coat or integument by snakes, crustaceans, etc.
- ectasis — Dilatation: for example, bronchiectasis, which refers to a pathologic dilatation of the bronchi of the lung.
- eleusis — a town in Greece, in Attica about 23 km (14 miles) west of Athens, of which it is now an industrial suburb
- endysis — the formation of new layers of integument after ecdysis
- entasis — A slight convex curve in the shaft of a column, introduced to correct the visual illusion of concavity produced by a straight shaft.
- gaposis — a noticeable gap or series of gaps, as between the fastened buttons or snaps on an overly tight garment.
- genesis — an origin, creation, or beginning.
- gliosis — an increase in the size and number of astrocytes of the brain.
- kenosis — the doctrine that Christ relinquished His divine attributes so as to experience human suffering.
- ketosis — the accumulation of excessive ketones in the body, as in diabetic acidosis.
- kinesis — the movement of an organism in response to a stimulus, as light.
- krypsis — the idea that Christ made secret use of his divine attributes
- limosis — an excessive hunger or appetite caused by disease
- loiasis — infestation with the parasitic eye worm, Loa loa, of the subcutaneous tissues and orbit: endemic in West Africa.
- meiosis — Cell Biology. part of the process of gamete formation, consisting of chromosome conjugation and two cell divisions, in the course of which the diploid chromosome number becomes reduced to the haploid. Compare mitosis.
- merisis — growth, especially growth resulting from cell division.
- mimesis — Rhetoric. imitation or reproduction of the supposed words of another, as in order to represent his or her character.
- mimosis — mimesis (def 5).
- mitosis — the usual method of cell division, characterized typically by the resolving of the chromatin of the nucleus into a threadlike form, which condenses into chromosomes, each of which separates longitudinally into two parts, one part of each chromosome being retained in each of two new cells resulting from the original cell.
- monosis — a disjunction of plant parts that are usually joined together
- mycosis — the presence of parasitic fungi in or on any part of the body.
- myiasis — any disease that results from the infestation of tissues or cavities of the body by larvae of flies.
- nemesis — something that a person cannot conquer, achieve, etc.: The performance test proved to be my nemesis.
- onassis — Aristotle Socrates, 1906–75, Greek businessman, born in Turkey.
- osmosis — Physical Chemistry, Cell Biology. the tendency of a fluid, usually water, to pass through a semipermeable membrane into a solution where the solvent concentration is higher, thus equalizing the concentrations of materials on either side of the membrane. the diffusion of fluids through membranes or porous partitions. Compare endosmosis, exosmosis.
- ostosis — the formation of bone; ossification.
- paresis — partial motor paralysis.
- pedesis — the random motion of particles in a liquid or gas; Brownian motion
- porosis — a porous condition of bones
- pyrosis — heartburn (def 1).
- scepsis — a philosophical attitude of doubt or scepticism
- skepsis — doubt
- sorosis — a fleshy multiple fruit composed of many flowers, seed vessels, and receptacles consolidated, as in the pineapple and mulberry.
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