What it means
The ending of words for a body part that is inflamed: red, swollen, warm or painful, often from infection or injury. Appendicitis is inflammation of the appendixuh-PEN-diksA small, finger-shaped pouch attached to the first part of the large intestine, in the lower right abdomen.Full entry , arthritis of a joint, gastritis of the stomach, colitis of the colon, hepatitis of the liver and tendinitis of a tendon.
Remember it
-itis is "it is" inflamed.
Related terms
-osis
A word ending that means an abnormal condition or process, or an increase.
rheumatoid arthritis
A long-term autoimmune disease in which the immune system attacks the lining of the joints.
inflammation
The body's protective response to injury or infection, with redness, heat, swelling, pain and sometimes loss of function.