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Which of the following medical suffixes most closely means disease or inflammation?
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∙ 12y ago
- Itis is the suffix meaning Inflammation
-itis
The medical term for inflammation is actually the suffix, "itis" as in Arthritis (inflamation of the joints), encelphalitis (inflammation of the brain), and blepharitis (inflammation of the eyelids), et. al.
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