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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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From suffix -itis ("disease characterized by inflammation"). Compare phobia, from -phobia, sophy, from -sophy, ism, from -ism, and ana, from -ana.

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