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Greek
Etymology
From Ancient Greek -ῖτις (-îtis).
Suffix
-ίτιδα • (-ítida) f
- (pathology) -itis, a suffix denoting inflammation of the affixed organ.
- αμφιβληστροειδής (amfivlistroeidís, “retin”) + -ίτιδα (-ítida) → αμφιβληστροειδίτιδα (amfivlistroeidítida, “retinitis”)
- κόλπος (kólpos, “vagina”) + -ίτιδα (-ítida) → κολπίτιδα (kolpítida, “vaginitis”)
Declension
-ίτιδα
| case \ number
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singular
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| nominative
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-ίτιδα •
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| genitive
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-ίτιδας •
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| accusative
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-ίτιδα •
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| vocative
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-ίτιδα •
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Derived terms