(definition) by Webster 1913 Wed Dec 22 1999 at 0:34:08

-i"tis (?), [Gr. , orig, fem. adjective suffix.]

A suffix used in medical terms to denote an inflammatory disease of; as, arthritis; bronchitis, phrenitis.

 

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