itis

== English == === Etymology === Back-formation from -itis (“disease characterized by inflammation”). Compare phobia, from -phobia, sophy, from -sophy, ism, from -ism, and ana, from -ana. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈaɪtɪs/ === Noun === itis (plural itises) (informal) A medical condition accompanied by inflammation. 1973, April 16, “Scorecard”, Robert W. Creamer ed., in Sports Illustrated “. . . Arthritis, tendinitis and all those other itises will eventually catch up with you.” (informal, Caribbean, usually preceded by the) Food coma. === References === “itis”, in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present. === Anagrams === IIST, IITs, SITI, is it == Latin == === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈiː.tɪs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈiː.tis] === Verb === ītis second-person plural present active indicative of eō === References === “itis”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press == Old High German == === Alternative forms === idis === Etymology === From Proto-West Germanic *idisi, from Proto-Germanic *idisiz. Cognate to Old English ides, Old Saxon idis, Old Norse dís. === Noun === itis f woman 9th century, First Merseburg charm: ==== Usage notes ==== The term's context in the Merseburg charm and its cognates suggest that the term may initially have had magical and/or poetic connotations. ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== Itis (given name) === References === Köbler, Gerhard (2014), Althochdeutsches Wörterbuch‎[1] (in German), 6th edition