-esis (Latin: process of action).Denoting a process of action as shown below in just a few of many words using this suffix:abiogenesis:
The supposed origination or evolution of living organisms from lifeless matter without the action of living parents.
aesthesis, esthesis:
The perception of the external world by the senses.
agamogenesis:
Asexual reproduction.
angiogenesis:
The development of new blood-vessels.
kinesthesis, kineaesthesis:
The sense of muscular effort that accompanies a voluntary motion of the body.
parasynesis:
Misunderstanding or misconception of a word, resulting in an alteration or corruption of it.
synanthesis:
Simultaneous ripening of the stamens and pistils in a flower.
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