| rdfs:comment | - Obnosis has several etymologies. The first part (ob-) is as in "observe." The second part might be:
* from gnosis (γνώσις), Greek for "knowledge," so the word means knowledge by observation, or
* from nosis (νοσός), Greek for "disease," so obnosis might be observing (or inferring) issues, illness, or disease.
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| abstract | - Obnosis has several etymologies. The first part (ob-) is as in "observe." The second part might be:
* from gnosis (γνώσις), Greek for "knowledge," so the word means knowledge by observation, or
* from nosis (νοσός), Greek for "disease," so obnosis might be observing (or inferring) issues, illness, or disease. You might ask why join an English prefix to either Greek word. But the usual ob- comes from Latin, which makes for an equally goofy mix. That prefix means the inverse, opposition, or distance from something, so obnosis might mean running like hell from knowledge, issues, illness, and disease.
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