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There are 20 eight-letter words ending with ESIS

AGENESIS	• agenesis n. (Pathology) Any imperfect development of the body, or any anomaly of organization. • AGENESIS n. absence or imperfection of a bodily part, also AGENESIA.
AKINESIS	• akinesis n. Absence of a kinetic hinge in the skull. • akinesis n. Akinesia; loss of muscle control. • AKINESIS n. loss of voluntary movement, also AKINESIA.
ANTHESIS	• anthesis n. (Botany) The event of a flower opening. • ANTHESIS n. (Greek) a fully opened flower.
ANURESIS	• anuresis n. (Medicine) The inability to urinate; the retention of urine in the bladder. • ANURESIS n. (Greek) inability to urinate.
CENTESIS	• centesis n. (Medicine, surgery) puncture or perforation. • -centesis suff. (Medicine) Puncture and aspiration of. • CENTESIS n. (Greek) a surgical puncture.
COSMESIS	• cosmesis n. The preservation, restoration, or bestowing of physical beauty, especially to the human body. • cosmesis n. The correction of disfigurement, as by surgery or tattooing. • cosmesis n. The results of cosmetic procedures or interventions.
DIEGESIS	• diegesis n. (Narratology) A narration or recitation. • DIEGESIS n. (Greek) the narration of the facts.
DIERESIS	• dieresis n. Alternative form of diaeresis. • DIERESIS n. (Greek) the separation of two vowels into two syllables.
DIURESIS	• diuresis n. (Biology, medicine) Excessive production of urine; polyuria. • diuresis n. (Biology, medicine) (more often) The physiologic process that produces such an increase. • diuresis n. (Biology, medicine) (most often) The administration of medications to encourage that process.
EMPYESIS	• empyesis n. (Medicine) An eruption of pustules. • EMPYESIS n. a skin eruption containing pus.
ENURESIS	• enuresis n. Involuntary urination: urinary incontinence. • enuresis n. Such incontinence at nighttime, especially during sleep. • ENURESIS n. involuntary urination.
EROTESIS	• erotesis n. (Rhetoric) A figure of speech whereby a question is asked in confident expectation of a negative answer. • EROTESIS n. (Greek) a rhetorical question, also EROTEMA, EROTEME.
ESTHESIS	• esthesis n. (Philosophy, psychology) Elemental awareness of sensory stimulation. • ESTHESIS n. the ability to receive sensation, also ESTHESIA.
EXEGESIS	• exegesis n. A critical explanation or interpretation of a text, especially a religious text. • exegesis n. An explanatory note; a gloss. • EXEGESIS n. a critical interpretation of a text.
HORMESIS	• hormesis n. Stimulation by the use of a low concentration of a toxin. • HORMESIS n. a phenomenon whereby substances that are toxic in large doses have a beneficial effect when absorbed in very small doses.
MATHESIS	• mathesis n. (Now rare) Mental calculation or discipline; science, especially mathematical learning. • mathesis n. The science of establishing a systematic order for things. (After Foucault.) • MATHESIS n. mental discipline.
ORCHESIS	• orchesis n. The act and/or art of dancing. • ORCHESIS n. an art of dancing.
PHERESIS	• pheresis n. (Medicine) Synonym of apheresis. • PHERESIS n. a specialised form of blood donation, removing some components, and returning the remaining blood to the donor.
PHYLESIS	• PHYLESIS n. the course of evolutionary development.
SYNDESIS	• syndesis n. (Orthopedics, surgery) Synonym of arthrodesis (fusion of a joint between two or more bones). • syndesis n. (Cytology) Synapsis (association of homologous maternal and paternal chromosomes). • syndesis n. (Grammar) The use of a syndetic construction.

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