| 释义 |
WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024-itis, suffix. - -itis is attached to roots to form nouns that refer to an inflammation or disease affecting a certain part of the body:appendix + -itis → appendicitis;bronchi (= part of the lungs) + -itis → bronchitis.
- -itis is also used to form nouns made up for a particular occasion to refer to something comparable in a funny way to a disease:The teenagers seem to be suffering from telephonitis (= excessive use of the telephone, as if using it were a disease).
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024-itis, - a suffix used in pathological terms that denote inflammation of an organ (bronchitis;
gastritis;
neuritis) and hence, in extended senses, nouns denoting abnormal states or conditions, excesses, tendencies, obsessions, etc. (telephonitis;
baseballitis).
- Greek
- Neo-Latin (or Latin) -ītis
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: -itis suffix forming nouns - indicating inflammation of a specified part: tonsillitis
- informal indicating a preoccupation with or imaginary condition of illness caused by: computeritis, telephonitis
Etymology: New Latin, from Greek, feminine of -itēs belonging to; see -ite1 |