itis

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A medical condition accompanied by inflammation. informal
    — 1973, April 16, “Scorecard”, Robert W. Creamer ed., in Sports Illustrated “. . . Arthritis, tendinitis and all those other itises will eventually catch up with you.”
  2. Food coma. Caribbean,informal

词形变化

itises plural

词源

Back-formation from -itis (“disease characterized by inflammation”). Compare phobia, from -phobia, sophy, from -sophy, ism, from -ism, and ana, from -ana.
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