Where does “ketosis” come from?

Ketosis comes from Ancient Greek -ωσις, a suffix derived from Ancient Greek -όω, forming nouns denoting a state or condition of a process.

ketosis (English): A metabolic state in which the body produces...

Definitions

  1. A metabolic state in which the body produces...

Ancestry of “ketosis”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1English-osisfunctional disease or condition such as...
2New Latin-osisdative masculine plural of -ōsus; dative feminine...

Words derived from “ketosis

Every word from New Latin -osisEvery word from English -osis