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ITIS means inflammation; thus ARTHRITIS means inflammation of a joint. -IAC forms a noun indicating a person afflicted with a certain disease, as for example, HEMOPHILIAC. ... (liver) hepatitis, inflammation of the liver. heter/o (other) heterogeneous, from a different source. ... (yellow) xanthroma, a yellow nodule in the skin. xen/o (stranger ... ................
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