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-itis

 
a suffix used in pathological terms that denote inflammation of an organ (bronchitis; gastritis; neuritis) and hence, in extended senses, nouns denoting abnormal states or conditions, excesses, tendencies, obsessions, etc. (telephonitis; baseballitis).
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< Neo-Latin (or Latin ) -ītis < Greek
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-itis
noun suffix denoting diseases characterized by inflammation, Mod.L., from Gk. -itis, fem. of adj. suffix -ites "pertaining to." Fem. because it was used with fem. noun nosos "disease," e.g. Gk. arthritis (nosos) "(disease) of the joints."
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Medical Dictionary

-itis suff.
Inflammation or disease of: laryngitis.

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Science Dictionary
-itis  
A suffix meaning "inflammation," as in bronchitis, inflammation of the bronchial tubes.
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