-itis

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See also: itis and -ītis

English

Etymology

From New Latin -itis, from Ancient Greek -ῖτις (-îtis, “pertaining to”). This is the feminine form of adjectival suffix -ίτης (-ítēs). The English suffix derives from the feminine form due to its use with the feminine noun νόσος (nósos, “disease”), particularly with ἀρθρῖτις (νόσος) (arthrîtis (nósos), “disease of the joints”) (one of the earliest English borrowings from which the suffix was extracted and abstracted).[1] Humorous sense by generalization.

Pronunciation

Suffix

-itis (usually uncountable, sometimes -itides or rarely -itises)

  1. (pathology) Suffix denoting diseases characterized by inflammation, itself often caused by an infection.
  2. (humorous) Used to form the names of various fictitious afflictions or diseases.
    • What to Do About Senioritis: Make Your Senior Year Count, College Board. Accessed April 4, 2008.[2]

Usage notes

While most of the derived terms theoretically have plurals in -itides (from the Ancient Greek -ῑ́τῐδες (-ī́tides), plural of -ῖτῐς (-îtis)), -itises (the regularized English plural), or both, these forms are rarely used, as the derived terms are mass nouns, so their plurals are called for only when referring to types. For example, hepatitides or hepatitises as "types of hepatitis" have some currency in the medical literature, but most other such plurals do not.

Derived terms

English terms suffixed with -itis
pathology: diseases characterized by inflammation
humorous: fictional diseases

Descendants

Translations

References

  1. ^ -itis. Dictionary.com.
  2. ^ “What to Do About Senioritis: Make Your Senior Year Count”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name)‎[1], 2018 November 26 (last accessed), archived from the original on 1 March 2009

Further reading

Anagrams

Catalan

Etymology

From New Latin -ītis, from Ancient Greek -ῖτις (-îtis).

Suffix

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  1. (pathology) -itis

Derived terms

Catalan terms suffixed with -itis

Further reading

Latin

Etymology 1

From Ancient Greek -ῖτις (-îtis, “pertaining to”).

Pronunciation

Suffix

-ītis f (genitive -ītidis); third declension

  1. (New Latin, pathology) -itis (suffix denoting diseases characterized by inflammation, itself often caused by an infection)
Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative -ītis -ītidēs
Genitive -ītidis -ītidum
Dative -ītidī -ītidibus
Accusative -ītidem -ītidēs
Ablative -ītide -ītidibus
Vocative -ītis -ītidēs
Derived terms
Latin terms suffixed with -itis

Etymology 2

See -ītēs.

Pronunciation

Suffix

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  1. dative plural of -ītēs
  2. ablative plural of -ītēs

Spanish

Etymology

From New Latin -itis, from Ancient Greek -ῖτις (-îtis, “pertaining to”).

Suffix

-itis

  1. (pathology) -itis (suffix denoting diseases characterized by inflammation, itself often caused by an infection)
  2. (humorous) -itis (used to form the names of various fictitious afflictions or diseases)

Derived terms

Spanish terms suffixed with -itis

Further reading

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