cystitis

cystitis

English

Etymology

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Proto-Indo-European *(s)kewH-?
Proto-Indo-European *ḱewh₁-der.?
Ancient Greek κύω (kúō)?
Ancient Greek κύστις (kústis)der.
Late Latin cystisder.
English cyst
Proto-Indo-European *-tósder.
Ancient Greek -της (-tēs)der.
Ancient Greek -ῖτις (-îtis)lbor.
New Latin -itisder.
English -itis
English cystitis

    From cyst + -itis.

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    • IPA(key): /sɪsˈtaɪtɪs/

    Noun

    cystitis (countable and uncountable, plural cystitides)

    1. (pathology) Inflammation of the urinary bladder.
      • 2022 August 27, Bidisha Mamata, “Tinder is 10 but after a dip in the dating app pool I’m staying resolutely single”, in The Observer‎[1]:
        Partying involves taking the tube home two days late, in a damp silk dress, ravenous, reeking of Moët, sweat and stale Shalimar, a bunch of plastic cocktail twizzlers in your clutch bag, with glitter on your face and extreme dehydration, followed by a 20-hour sleep and three days of cystitis.

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