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Webster 1913 Edition


-itis

-i′tis

(ī′tĭs)
,
[Gr.
ἴτις
, orig, fem. adjective suffix.]
A suffix used in medical terms to denote an
inflammatory disease of
;
as, arthr
itis
; bronch
itis
, phren
itis
, nephr
itis
.