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-itis

See also: itis and -ītis

English edit

Etymology edit

From New Latin -itis, from Ancient Greek -ῖτις (-îtis, “pertaining to”). This is the feminine form of adjectival suffix -ῑ́της (-ī́tēs). 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 edit

  • IPA(key): /-ˈaɪtɪs/
  • Audio (Southern England)(file)

Suffix edit

-itis (usually uncountable, plural 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 edit

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. There is a tendency in formal writing to prefer the classical suffix (when a plural is invoked at all); a typical example is that for the plural of arthritis referring to various types of arthritis, only arthritides is standard.

Derived terms edit

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

Descendants edit

Translations edit

References edit

  1. ^ -itis. Dictionary.com.
  2. ^ “What to Do About Senioritis: Make Your Senior Year Count”, in (please provide the title of the work)‎[1], accessed 26 November 2018, archived from the original on 2009-03-01

Further reading edit

Anagrams edit

Catalan edit

Etymology edit

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

Suffix edit

-itis f (noun-forming suffix, invariable)

  1. (pathology) -itis

Derived terms edit

Catalan terms suffixed with -itis

Further reading edit

German edit

Pronunciation edit

Suffix edit

-itis

  1. -itis

Derived terms edit

German terms suffixed with -itis

Interlingua edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from English -itis, French -itis, Italian -ite, Portuguese -ite/Spanish -itis, Russian -ит (-it), all ultimately from New Latin -itis, from Ancient Greek -ῖτις (-îtis).

Pronunciation edit

Suffix edit

-itis

  1. forms nouns from nouns, denoting an inflammitory disease; -itis
    ‎appendice (“appendix”) + ‎-itis → ‎appendicitis (“appendicitis”)
    ‎esophago (“oesophagus”) + ‎-itis → ‎esophagitis (“oesophagitis”)
    ‎larynge (“larynx”) + ‎-itis → ‎laryngitis (“laryngitis”)

Derived terms edit

Category Interlingua terms suffixed with -itis not found

References edit

Latin edit

Etymology 1 edit

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

Pronunciation edit

Suffix edit

-ītis f (genitive -ītidis); third declension

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

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 edit
Latin terms suffixed with -itis

Etymology 2 edit

See -ītēs.

Pronunciation edit

Suffix edit

-ītīs

  1. dative/ablative plural of -ītēs

Spanish edit

Etymology edit

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

Suffix edit

-itis f (noun-forming suffix, plural -itis)

  1. (pathology) -itis (denotes diseases characterized by inflammation, itself often caused by an infection)
  2. (humorous) -itis (forms the names of various fictitious afflictions or diseases)

Derived terms edit

Spanish terms suffixed with -itis

Further reading edit

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