Definitions
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- noun informal A medical condition accompanied by
inflammation . - noun informal, Caribbean The feeling of
sleepiness after eating a heavy meal, usually the itis.
Etymologies
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Is it an encryption password? my laptop i got off a sell i dont have the pass word itis a dell 1000 whitch her larrabee: Intel Touts Larrabee At GDC. intel touts larrabee gdc.
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Thanks for all the responses, which are what led me to call Westlaw back and eventually get the answer (such as itis).
The Volokh Conspiracy » Westlaw on Windows XP Professional Hanging Firefox 2010
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Belly pain that gets better in two hours was something like indigestion; belly pain that starts causing vomiting in two hours may be pancreatitis, appendicitis or cholecystitis -- to name just a few members of the 'itis' clan.
David Katz, M.D.: How True To Life Are Medical Dramas? M.D. David Katz 2011
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The word "itis" means inflammation; so appendicitis means inflammation of the appendix.
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I wouldn't place bets on that; there are a few here familiar with the "itis".
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They don't think that I actually had the second "itis" but they wanted to make sure.
The 3 P’s… 2008
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Shrieking with rage and frustration, she attempted to trace the mysterious symptoms to their source, but the students told her stubbornly they were suffering from 'Umbridge -' itis '.
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix Rowling, J. K. 2003
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I said I was glad it wasn't an "itis" of some kind, anyhow, and he smiled solemnly.
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The doctors don't know what I had, excepting that I had things with "itis" at the end of them.
Letters of Franklin K. Lane Franklin Knight Lane 1892
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At that point, it's diverticulitis ( "- itis" means "inflammation of"), and those hot pouches can cause a trip to the emergency room due to serious abdominal pain, cramping, vomiting, fever and chills, particularly if there's an infection, perforation or colon blockage.
www.appeal-democrat.com - News : By Drs. Michael Roizen 2010
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