== English ==
=== Etymology ===
From New Latin -itis, from Ancient Greek -ῖτις (-îtis, “pertaining to”). This is the feminine form of adjectival suffix -ίτης (-ítēs) because it was used with the feminine noun νόσος (nósos, “disease”), particularly with ἀρθρῖτις (νόσος) (arthrîtis (nósos), “disease of the joints”) (one of the earliest English borrowings from which the suffix was extracted and abstracted). Humorous sense by generalization.
=== Suffix ===
-itis
(pathology) Suffix denoting diseases characterized by inflammation, itself often caused by an infection.
(humorous) Used to form ...