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itis

/ˈaɪtɪs/

itis noun: a medical condition accompanied by inflammation.

Noun

itis (plural itises)

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

itis meaning in Tamil

itis in Tamil

அழற்சி

Forms of itis

pluralitises

Origin of itis

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

Questions about itis

What does itis mean?
Itis means a medical condition accompanied by inflammation.
What is itis in Tamil?
Itis in Tamil is அழற்சி. See Itis meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is itis?
Itis is a noun.
How do you pronounce itis?
Itis is pronounced /ˈaɪtɪs/.
What is the plural of itis?
The plural of itis is itises.

Words near itis in the dictionary

  1. itineration
  2. itinerations
  3. Itingen
  4. ITINs
  5. itinually
  6. itis
  7. itises
  8. itive
  9. itjaritjari
  10. ITK
  11. itll

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: itis (page history and authors); itis (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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