Splenitis
/spleɪˈnaɪtɪs/noun
Inflammation of the spleen.
Did you know?The ending -itis is the ancient Greek medical suffix for inflammation, and splenitis preserves the old medical habit of naming diseases from the organ they attack.
Etymological Timeline
Ancient Greek
Greek
σπλήν (splḗn)
“spleen”
Ancient Greek
Greek
-ῖτις (-îtis)
“inflammation or disease of”
Late Latin
Latin
splenitis
“inflammation of the spleen”
16th–17th Century
English
splenitis
“a medical term for inflammation of the spleen”
Modern English
English
splenitis
“inflammation of the spleen”
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