-itis

-itis

noun suffix

plural -itises also -itides or -ites

Definition of -ITIS

1

: disease or inflammation <bronchitis>

2

plural usually -itises : condition likened to a disease —chiefly in nonce formations <televisionitis>

Origin of -ITIS

New Latin, from Latin & Greek; Latin, from Greek, from feminine of -itēs -ite