Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English homepage

Language: Latin
Origin: Greek, from -ites; -ITE

-itis

 suffix
     
-itis [in nouns]
1 an illness or infection that effects a particular part of your body:
tonsillitis (=infection of the tonsils )
2 humorous the condition of having too much of something or liking something too much:
televisionitis (=watching too much television)
Definition from the Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
Advanced Learner's Dictionary.

Dictionary pictures of the day
Do you know what each of these is called?
What is the word for picture 1? What is the word for picture 2? What is the word for picture 3? What is the word for picture 4?
Click on any of the pictures above to find out what it is called.

Explore our topic dictionary

Browse the dictionary