Coxitis
/kɒkˈsaɪ.tɪs/noun
Inflammation of the hip joint.
Did you know?The suffix -itis comes from Ancient Greek medical terminology and became a productive scientific ending meaning inflammation, appearing in words such as arthritis and hepatitis.
Etymological Timeline
Classical Latin
Latin
coxa
“Hip or thigh, especially the hip joint”
Ancient Greek
Greek
-ῖτις (-itis)
“Inflammatory condition associated with a body part”
18th–19th Century
Medical Latin
coxa + -itis
“A medical formation meaning inflammation of the hip”
19th Century
Medical English
coxitis
“Inflammation of the hip joint”
Modern English
English
coxitis
“Inflammation of the hip joint”
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