Inflammation of cartilage tissue in the body, causing pain and swelling.
From Greek 'chondros' (cartilage) + '-itis' (inflammation); the medical suffix '-itis' directly signals that we're describing an inflammatory condition.
The '-itis' suffix is medicine's smoke signal—wherever you see it, you know something is inflamed and that's usually why a patient is uncomfortable!
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