itis

Meaning

Noun

  • A medical condition accompanied by inflammation.
  • The feeling of sleepiness after eating a heavy meal, usually the itis.

Origin

  • From suffix -itis. Compare phobia, from -phobia, sophy, from -sophy, ism, from -ism, and ana, from -ana.

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