itis

A medical condition accompanied by inflammation.

Noun

  1. A medical condition accompanied by inflammation.
    • 1973, April 16, “Scorecard”, Robert W. Creamer ed., in Sports Illustrated “. . . Arthritis, tendinitis and all those other itises will eventually catch up with you.”
  2. Food coma.

Origin

Back-formation from -itis (“disease characterized by inflammation”). Compare phobia, from -phobia, sophy, from -sophy, ism, from -ism, and ana, from -ana.

Forms

itises