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• -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 […]

• -itive

  a suffix occurring in substantives of latin origin: definitive; fugitive.

• -itol

  chemistry a suffix used in names of alcohols containing more than one hydroxyl group: inositol. -itol suffix indicating that certain chemical compounds are polyhydric alcohols inisitol, sorbitol word origin

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