Origin

from Greek nosos

noso-

Word Origin

a combining form meaning “disease,” used in the formation of compound words:

nosology.

Also, especially before a vowel, nos-.

Origin

combining form representing Greek nósos disease, sickness, malady

Related Words

nosocomial
anthracnose
nos-
nosogenesis
nosogeography
nosography

noso-a word element meaning 'disease'.

Also, nos-. [Greek, combining form of nosos]

noso-|ˈnɒsəʊ|combining form of Gr. νόσος disease, used in a number of compounds, chiefly pathological, as † ˈnosocome [a. F. nosocome, ad. L. nosocomium, Gr. νοσοκοµεῖον], a hospital. Obs.^—1 nosoˈcomial [cf. prec.] a., belonging or pertaining to a hospital. † nosognoˈmonic a. (see quot.). Obs.^—1 nosomaˈthete [Gr. µαθητής], a student of diseases. noˈsometer (see quot.). noˈsonomy, ‘the doctrine of the natural laws by which diseases occur’ (Mayne, 1857). ˈnosophile rare [-phil, -phile], a person who is morbidly attracted by sickness or disease. nosoˈphobia, morbid apprehensiveness of disease. ˈnosophyte (see quot.). nosopoˈetic a., producing or causing disease. nosoˈtaxy, the distribution and classification of diseases (Dunglison, 1855). nosoˈtheory, the theory of disease (Mayne, 1857). nosotoxiˈcosis (see quot.). noˈsotrophous a.; noˈsotrophy (see quots.).Various other combs. of doubtful currency, such as nosogenesis, -genetic, -geny, -mania, are given in the Syd. Soc. Lex. and some recent Dicts.1653Urquhart Rabelais i. li. 227 Gargantua..gave order that the wounded should be drest and had care of in his great Hospital or *Nosocome.1855Dunglison Med. Lex. s.v., *Nosocomial or hospital fever.1891C. Creighton Hist. Epidem. Brit. 95 The purely nosocomial part of these charities was in not a few instances for the immediate relief of the monasteries themselves.1655Stanley Hist. Philos. (1687) 165 Medicine is of five kinds... *Nosognomonick discerns diseases.1841J. T. J. Hewlett Parish Clerk I. 106 Whether the state of the stomach depends on the state of the mind, or vice versa, I am not *nosomathete enough to say.1822–34Good's Study Med. (ed. 4) I. 543 The pulse becomes a sort of *nosometer, or measurer of the violence and danger of the disease.1665Drage (title), A Physical *Nosonomy; or, A new and true Description of the Law of God (called Nature) in the Body of Man.1855Dunglison Med. Lex., Nosonomy.1895tr. M. Nordau's Degeneration v. i. 539 Sadists, ‘bestials’, *nosophiles, and necrophiles, etc., find legal opportunities to gratify their inclinations.1905Smart Set Sept. 113/2 Names of Satanic painters from Hell-Fire Breughel to Arnold Böcklin..passed through the halls of this nosophile's memory.1889Lancet 9 Nov. 966/1 *Nosophobia is certainly much more frequent in man, probably because women act as nurses, and consequently have no fear of infection.1890Gould Med. Dict., *Nosophyte,..a term applied to any pathogenic microbe, or minute parasitic organism which produces disease.1733Arbuthnot On Air vi. §23. 156, I shall make a few Observations upon the Qualities of the Air, so far as they are *Nosopoetick, that is, have a Power of producing Diseases.1834Fraser's Mag. X. 569 Least of all can we explain the nosopoetic effects of atmospherical changes.1892Syd. Soc. Lex., *Nosotoxicosis, a condition in which morbid symptoms are exhibited, which are dependent on the presence of toxic bases in the blood [etc.].1857Mayne Expos. Lex., Nosotrophus.., nourishing or maintaining disease: *nosotrophous. Nosotrophia.., the nourishment or nutrition of disease; *nosotrophy.

noso-

word-forming element meaning "disease," from comb. form of Greek nosos "disease, sickness, malady," of unknown origin.

noso- /ˈnɒsəʊ/ combining form.

ORIGIN: Greek, from nosos disease: see -o-.

Of or pertaining to disease.

DERIVATIVE nosoˈcomial adjective [Greek nosokomos person who tends the sick] pertaining to or (esp. of disease) originating in a hospital M19.
nosoˈgraphic adjective of or pertaining to nosography E19.
noˈsography noun (a) systematic description of diseases, nosology M17.
nosophile noun (rare) a person who is excessively attracted by sickness or disease L19.
nosoˈphobia noun irrational or excessive fear of disease L19.
nosopoetic adjective producing or causing disease, pathogenic M18–M19.

noso-
— see nos-

noso-
nos-

Prefix
(combining form)

pathology disease
2015 September 14, “noso-, nos-, nosero-, noser-, -nosia, -nosis, -noses, -nosus, nosema-”, in Robertson's words for a modern age: a dictionary of English vocabulary words derived primarily from Latin and Greek sources, presented individually and in family units^[1], Senior Scribe Publications, retrieved 2015-03-25:
disease, sickness

Etymology

From Ancient Greek νοσο- (noso-, “disease”), combining form of νόσος (nósos, “disease”).^[1]^[2]

Derived terms

English words prefixed with noso-

nosologia

noso-politics

References

^ “noso- comb. form” in OED Online, Oxford University Press, 1989.
^ “noso-” in Douglas Harper, Online Etymology Dictionary (2001).

词汇	noso-
词根词缀	AHD Collins Dictionary.com Macquarie OED Online Etymology Dictionary SOED Webster Wiktionary noso- pref.（前缀） Disease: 病： nosography. 病理学语源 Greek 希腊语 from nosos [a disease] 源自 nosos [疾病] noso- or (before a vowel) nos- combining form disease ⇒ nosology Origin from Greek nosos noso- Word Origin 1 a combining form meaning “disease,” used in the formation of compound words: nosology. Also, especially before a vowel, nos-. Origin combining form representing Greek nósos disease, sickness, malady Related Words nosocomial anthracnose nos- nosogenesis nosogeography nosography noso-a word element meaning 'disease'. Also, nos-. [Greek, combining form of nosos] noso-\|ˈnɒsəʊ\|combining form of Gr. νόσος disease, used in a number of compounds, chiefly pathological, as † ˈnosocome [a. F. nosocome, ad. L. nosocomium, Gr. νοσοκοµεῖον], a hospital. Obs.^—1 nosoˈcomial [cf. prec.] a., belonging or pertaining to a hospital. † nosognoˈmonic a. (see quot.). Obs.^—1 nosomaˈthete [Gr. µαθητής], a student of diseases. noˈsometer (see quot.). noˈsonomy, ‘the doctrine of the natural laws by which diseases occur’ (Mayne, 1857). ˈnosophile rare [-phil, -phile], a person who is morbidly attracted by sickness or disease. nosoˈphobia, morbid apprehensiveness of disease. ˈnosophyte (see quot.). nosopoˈetic a., producing or causing disease. nosoˈtaxy, the distribution and classification of diseases (Dunglison, 1855). nosoˈtheory, the theory of disease (Mayne, 1857). nosotoxiˈcosis (see quot.). noˈsotrophous a.; noˈsotrophy (see quots.).Various other combs. of doubtful currency, such as nosogenesis, -genetic, -geny, -mania, are given in the Syd. Soc. Lex. and some recent Dicts.1653Urquhart Rabelais i. li. 227 Gargantua..gave order that the wounded should be drest and had care of in his great Hospital or Nosocome.1855Dunglison Med. Lex.* s.v., Nosocomial or hospital fever.1891C. Creighton Hist. Epidem. Brit.* 95 The purely nosocomial part of these charities was in not a few instances for the immediate relief of the monasteries themselves.1655Stanley Hist. Philos. (1687) 165 Medicine is of five kinds... Nosognomonick discerns diseases.1841J. T. J. Hewlett Parish Clerk* I. 106 Whether the state of the stomach depends on the state of the mind, or vice versa, I am not nosomathete enough to say.1822–34Good's Study Med. (ed. 4) I. 543 The pulse becomes a sort of nosometer, or measurer of the violence and danger of the disease.1665Drage (title), A Physical Nosonomy; or, A new and true Description of the Law of God (called Nature) in the Body of Man.1855Dunglison Med. Lex., Nosonomy.1895tr. M. Nordau's Degeneration* v. i. 539 Sadists, ‘bestials’, nosophiles, and necrophiles, etc., find legal opportunities to gratify their inclinations.1905Smart Set Sept. 113/2 Names of Satanic painters from Hell-Fire Breughel to Arnold Böcklin..passed through the halls of this nosophile's memory.1889Lancet 9 Nov. 966/1 Nosophobia is certainly much more frequent in man, probably because women act as nurses, and consequently have no fear of infection.1890Gould Med. Dict., Nosophyte,..a term applied to any pathogenic microbe, or minute parasitic organism which produces disease.1733Arbuthnot On Air* vi. §23. 156, I shall make a few Observations upon the Qualities of the Air, so far as they are Nosopoetick, that is, have a Power of producing Diseases.1834Fraser's Mag. X. 569 Least of all can we explain the nosopoetic effects of atmospherical changes.1892Syd. Soc. Lex., Nosotoxicosis, a condition in which morbid symptoms are exhibited, which are dependent on the presence of toxic bases in the blood [etc.].1857Mayne Expos. Lex., Nosotrophus.., nourishing or maintaining disease: nosotrophous. Nosotrophia.., the nourishment or nutrition of disease; nosotrophy. noso- word-forming element meaning "disease," from comb. form of Greek nosos "disease, sickness, malady," of unknown origin. noso- /ˈnɒsəʊ/ combining form. ORIGIN: Greek, from nosos disease: see -o-. Of or pertaining to disease. DERIVATIVE nosoˈcomial adjective [Greek nosokomos person who tends the sick] pertaining to or (esp. of disease) originating in a hospital M19. nosoˈgraphic adjective of or pertaining to nosography E19. noˈsography noun (a) systematic description of diseases, nosology M17. nosophile noun (rare) a person who is excessively attracted by sickness or disease L19. nosoˈphobia noun irrational or excessive fear of disease L19. nosopoetic adjective producing or causing disease, pathogenic M18–M19. noso- — see nos- noso- nos- Prefix (combining form) pathology disease 2015 September 14, “noso-, nos-, nosero-, noser-, -nosia, -nosis, -noses, -nosus, nosema-”, in Robertson's words for a modern age: a dictionary of English vocabulary words derived primarily from Latin and Greek sources, presented individually and in family units^[1], Senior Scribe Publications, retrieved 2015-03-25: disease, sickness Etymology From Ancient Greek νοσο- (noso-, “disease”), combining form of νόσος (nósos, “disease”).^[1]^[2] Derived terms ► English words prefixed with noso- nosologia noso-politics References ^ “noso- comb. form” in OED Online, Oxford University Press, 1989. ^ “noso-” in Douglas Harper, Online Etymology Dictionary (2001).
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