-istics
a combination of -ist and -ics.
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- -ite
a suffix of nouns denoting especially persons -ssociated with a place, tribe, leader, doctrine, system, etc. (campbellite; israelite; laborite); minerals and fossils (ammonite; anthracite); explosives (cordite; dynamite); chemical compounds, especially salts of acids whose names end in -ous (phosphite; sulfite); pharmaceutical and commercial products (vulcanite); a member or component of a part of the body […]
- -itic
a combination of -ite1. and -ic, used to form adjectives from nouns ending in -ite: semitic.
- -ition
a compound suffix of nouns, being -tion with a preceding original or formative vowel, or, in other words, a combination of -ite2. and -ion: expedition; extradition.
- -itious
a compound suffix occurring in adjectives of latin origin (advent-tious) and with adjectives, formed in latin or english, -ssociated with nouns ending in -ition (ambitious; expeditious). compare -ite2 , -ous. -itious suffix having the nature of; characterized by nutritious, suppositious word origin
- -itis
a suffix used in pathological terms that denote inflammation of an organ (bronchitis; gastritis; neuritis) and hence, in extended senses, nouns denoting abnormal states or conditions, excesses, tendencies, obsessions, etc. (telephonitis; baseballitis). -itis suffix indicating inflammation of a specified part tonsillitis (informal) indicating a preoccupation with or imaginary condition of illness caused by computeritis, telephonitis […]