MEDICAL
HEART AND PERICARDIUM
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Question
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what does the suffix-itis mean?
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inflammation
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rapid pulse
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Either A or B
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None of the above
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -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).
Detailed explanation-2: -: disease or inflammation. bronchitis. plural usually-itises : condition likened to a disease.
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