-itis
From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English-itis-itis /aɪtɪs/ suffix [in nouns] 1 ILLan illness or infection that affects a particular part of your body tonsillitis (=infection of the tonsils)2 humorousTOO/TOO MUCH the condition of having too much of something or liking something too much televisionitis (=watching too much television)Examples from the Corpus-itis• tonsilitisOrigin -itis Latin Greek, from -ites; → -ITE