Etymology

thelitis

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Today it means: Inflammation of the nipple or teat. Full definition →

Ancient Greek θηλή
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The story

  1. Ancient Greek · derived fromθηλή“nipple”
  2. English todaythelitis

From Ancient Greek θηλή (thēlḗ, “nipple”) + -itis. By surface analysis, thel- + -itis.

Words from the same roots

Ancient Greekθηλή all →

thel-thelionthelium

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