osis

-osis,-esis

osis

汉:抽象名词后缀-osis,-esis意为“state,quality,act"
英:word-forming element expressing state or condition, in medical terminology denoting "a state of disease," from Latin -osis and directly from Greek -osis, formed from the aorist of verbs ending in -o. It corresponds to Latin -atio.
1.genesis
n.beginning,starting point;the first book of the Old Testament 开源,发生,起源;[G-]创世纪 gen=birth,creation
In Genesis it says that it is not good for a man to be alone, but sometimes it is a great relief.
《创世纪》里面有一段话说“男人鳏居是不好的”, 但有时那是一种大大的欣慰。
2.hypnosis
n.state like deep sleep in which a person's acts may be controlled by another person 催眠 词根hypn=sleep
The theory or practice of inducing hypnosis.
催眠术引导睡眠的理论及实践
3.metamorphosis
n.change of rorm or character egby natural growth or develpment 变形;变化;变态 词根meta=change;morph=form
The invention of color film sparked a metamorphosis in photogrtaphy.
彩色胶卷的发音给照明技术带来巨大的变化