different between isis vs itis

English

Etymology

From the genus name.

Noun

isis (plural isises)

1. (zoology) Any coral of the genus Isis, or family Isididae, composed of joints of white, stony coral, alternating with flexible, horny joints.

Yami

Noun

isis

1. scale (of fish)

English

Etymology

From suffix -itis (“disease characterized by inflammation”). Compare phobia, from -phobia, sophy, from -sophy, ism, from -ism, and ana, from -ana.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?a?t?s/

Noun

itis (plural itises)

1. (informal) A medical condition accompanied by inflammation.
   • 1973, April 16, “Scorecard”, Robert W. Creamer ed., in Sports Illustrated

     “. . . Arthritis, tendinitis and all those other itises will eventually catch up with you.”

2. (informal, Caribbean) The feeling of sleepiness after eating a heavy meal, usually the itis.

References

• “itis” in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.

Anagrams

• IIST, IITs, SITI, is it

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /?i?.tis/, [?i?t??s?]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /?i.tis/, [?i?t?is]

Verb

?tis

1. second-person plural present active indicative of e?

References

• itis in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press

Old High German

Alternative forms

• idis

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *d?siz (“goddess”) Cognate to Old English ides, Old Saxon idis, Old Norse dis

Noun

itis f

1. woman
   • 9th century, First Merseburg charm:

Usage notes

The term's context in the Merseburg charm and its cognates suggest that the term may initially have had magical and/or poetic connotations.

Declension

Derived terms

• Itis (given name)

References

1. Köbler, Gerhard, Althochdeutsches Wörterbuch, (6. Auflage) 2014