-itis
(Greek: a suffix; inflammation, burning sensation; by extension, disease associated with inflammation)
This suffix has come to mean "inflammation of" but originally it meant "pertaining to" or "of the". The Greek word nosos ["disease"] was either expressed or understood, although it might not be included with the basic element. For example, bursitis nosos would mean "disease of the bursa".
phlebitis
1. Inflammation of a vein; when accompanied by thrombus formation it is called
thrombophlebitis.
2. Inflammation of a vein which is marked by infiltration of the coats of the vein and the formation of a thrombus (vascular obstruction).
There is pain and tenderness along the course of the vein, discoloration of the skin, inflammatory swelling and acute edema (excessive amount of tissue fluid) below the obstruction, rapid pulse, mild elevation of temperature, and pain in the joints.
photophthalmia, photo-ophthalmia
Ocular inflammation; especially, of the conjunctiva, due to intense light.
phrenitis
1. Inflammation of the brain or of its membranes, attended with delirium and fever; brain fever.
2. In Hippocrates’ classification, acute mental disease with fever. The other classes were mania (acute mental disease without fever); melancholia (chronic mental disturbances of various kinds, not limited to mood disorders); epilepsy (approximately the same as in current use); hysteria (somatoform disturbances, especially paroxysmic dyspnea, pain, and convulsions); and Scythian disease (transvestitism).
pleuritis
pneumonitis
poikilodermatonyositis
poliomyelitis
polyarthritis
An inflammation of several joints at the same time.
polyneuritis
Neuritis (inflammation of a nerve accompanied by pain and sometimes loss of function) involving several nerves simultaneously.
posthitis
proctitis
pyelitis
pyelonephritis
pylepheltitis
radiculitis
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