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In Latin clinical terminology the following suffixes meaning the names of the
inflammatory, uninflammatory and tumour diseases are used:
1. The suffix -it-is (Gen. sing. -itid-is) is a word termination denoting
inflammation of the part indicated by the word stem to which it is attached. E. g.:
Latin noun
Stem of the Greek
noun
Examples
articulatio, onis f
glandula, ae f
vas, vasis n
auris, is f
oculus, i m
ren, renis m
vena, ae f
gaster, gastris f
arthradenangiotophthalmnephrphlebgastr-
arthritis, itidis f (inflammation of
joints)
adenitis, itidis f (inflammation of a
gland or lymphatic node)
angiitis, itidis f (inflammation of the
walls of blood vessels)
otitis, itidis f (inflammation of the ear)
ophthalmitis, itidis f (inflammation of
the eye or of the conjunctiva or deeper
structures of the eye)
nephritis, itidis f (inflammation of the
kidney)
phlebitis, itidis f (inflammation of the
vein)
gastritis, itidis f (inflammation of the
stomach)
2. The suffix -os-is is a word termination denoting a process, especially a
disease or morbid process, and sometimes conveying the meaning of abnormal
increase. The suffix is added either to the stem of a Greek or Latin noun. E. g.:
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