-itis

(Αγγλικός)

(morpheme, uncountable, usually) Denoting diseases characterized by inflammation, itself often caused by an infection.
(humorous, morpheme, uncountable, usually) Used to form the names of various fictitious afflictions or diseases.

Προφέρεται ως (IPA)

/-ˈaɪtɪs/

From New Latin -itis, from Ancient Greek -ῖτις (-îtis, “pertaining to”). This is the feminine form of adjectival suffix -ῑ́της (-ī́tēs). The English suffix derives from the feminine form due to its use with the feminine noun νόσος (nósos, “disease”), particularly with ἀρθρῖτις (νόσος) (arthrîtis (nósos), “disease of the joints”) (one of the earliest English borrowings from which the suffix was extracted and abstracted). Humorous sense by generalization.