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-itis definition

-itis (īt′is, -əs)

  1. inflammatory disease or inflammation of (a specified part or organ) neuritis, bronchitis
  2. addiction to, or weariness resulting from preoccupation with: used in nonce words golfitis

Etymology: ModL < L < Gr -itis, orig. fem. of adjectives ending in -itēs, used to modify nosos, disease (later understood, but omitted)

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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