Meaning Of The Word -itis

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-itis in American English
inflammatory disease or inflammation of (a specified part or organ)
suffix: 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)

-itis in British English
suffix forming nouns: indicating inflammation of a specified part

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