Word Knowledge
As an ASVAB tutor, I saw the importance of providing a chart with common suffixes in my book, The ASVAB Tutor’s Word Knowledge and Paragraph Comprehension. One of the suffixes I included in my book is the suffix -it is. Yesterday I presented a question about the suffix -itis. Do you know what the suffix -itis means? -Itis means inflammation of.
Here are the meanings of some words with the suffix -itis.
Arthritis is a painful inflammation and stiffness of the joints.
Tonsillitis is an inflammation of the tonsils.
Bronchitis is an inflammation of the bronchial tubes in the lungs.
Gastritis is an inflammation of the lining of the stomach.
Neuritis is an inflammation of a nerve or a general inflammation of the peripheral nervous system.
Did you know what the suffix -itis means?
