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vitritis

vitritis noun: inflammation associated with the vitreous humor.

Noun

vitritis (uncountable)

  1. inflammation associated with the vitreous humor
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Origin of vitritis

From vitreous humor + -itis.

Questions about vitritis

What does vitritis mean?
Vitritis means inflammation associated with the vitreous humor.
What part of speech is vitritis?
Vitritis is a noun.

Words near vitritis in the dictionary

  1. vitriolling
  2. vitriolous
  3. vitriols
  4. vitrite
  5. vitrites
  6. vitritis
  7. vitro di trina
  8. vitro-
  9. vitroceramic
  10. vitroceramics
  11. vitroclastic

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