11-letter words that end in sis
- dyshidrosis — (medicine) A skin condition characterized by small blisters on the hands or feet.
- ecblastesis — a condition of flower production in plants in which buds occur within flowers and thereby produce extremely large blooms
- ectogenesis — development outside the body, as of an embryo in an artificial environment.
- emphyteusis — a continual right in a property that belongs to another
- enarthrosis — A ball-and-socket joint.
- endocytosis — The taking in of matter by a living cell by invagination of its membrane to form a vacuole.
- endomitosis — the division of chromosomes but not of the cell nucleus, resulting in a polyploid cell
- enzymolysis — a biochemical decomposition, such as a fermentation, that is catalysed by an enzyme
- epanalepsis — (rhetoric) The repetition of the same word or clause after intervening matter.
- eremacausis — A gradual oxidation from exposure to air and moisture, as in the decay of old trees or dead animals.
- fasciolosis — Alternative form of fascioliasis.
- frontolysis — Meteorology. the dissipation or decrease of a front or frontal zone.
- gamogenesis — sexual reproduction.
- gliomatosis — excessive growth of neuroglia in the brain or spinal cord
- gnotobiosis — an environmental condition in which germfree animals have been inoculated with strains of known microorganisms.
- gonycampsis — abnormal curvature of the knee.
- gulf crisis — the unstable period prior to the war of 1991 between US-led UN forces and Iraq
- gynogenesis — a type of reproduction by parthenogenesis that requires stimulation by a sperm to activate the egg into development but occurs without fusion of sperm and egg nuclei.
- haemoptysis — (British spelling) alternative spelling of hemoptysis.
- haemostasis — Alternative spelling of hemostasis.
- hemanalysis — an analysis, especially of the chemical constituents, of the blood.
- hematemesis — The vomiting of blood.
- hematolysis — hemolysis.
- hemiparesis — partial paralysis affecting only one side of the body.
- hemopoiesis — hematopoiesis.
- heterolysis — The dissolution of cells by lysins or enzymes from different species.
- holophrasis — the expression of the ideas of a phrase or sentence in one word; polysynthesis: a language characterized by holophrasis.
- homeostasis — the tendency of a system, especially the physiological system of higher animals, to maintain internal stability, owing to the coordinated response of its parts to any situation or stimulus that would tend to disturb its normal condition or function.
- homogenesis — reproduction in which the offspring resemble the parents and undergo the same cycle of development.
- homozygosis — the state of being a homozygote.
- hylogenesis — the formation or coming into being of matter
- hyperacusis — (medicine) A heightened sensitivity to some sounds.
- hyperemesis — vomitus.
- hyperinosis — a blood condition characterized by the presence of excessive levels of fibrin
- hypogenesis — underdevelopment of an organ or function, especially in the embryo.
- hypokinesis — abnormally diminished muscular function or mobility.
- hypotyposis — lifelike description of a thing or scene.
- iconostasis — a partition or screen on which icons are placed, separating the sanctuary from the main part of the church.
- ischidrosis — Anhidrosis.
- kenogenesis — Alternative form of caenogenesis.
- keratolysis — the loosening or shedding of the horny layer of the epidermis.
- ketogenesis — the production of ketone bodies in the body, as in diabetes mellitus or low-carbohydrate weight-loss diets.
- kinesthesis — the sensation of movement or strain in muscles, tendons, and joints; muscle sense.
- lestobiosis — cleptobiosis characterized by furtive thievery.
- lipogenesis — (biochemistry) The biochemical production of fat, especially the conversion of carbohydrate into fat so that it may be stored as a long-term source of energy when food is scarce.
- lipomatosis — a genetic disorder which manifests itself in the abnormal growth of fat
- listeriosis — a disease of wild and domestic mammals, birds, and occasionally of humans, caused by a bacterium, Listeria monocytogenes, and characterized by lack of control of movement, paralysis, fever, and monocytosis.
- lower apsis — See under apsis (def 1).
- lysogenesis — production of a lysogen.
- macrobiosis — long life.