Relating to or affected by chondritis, which is inflammation of cartilage tissue.
From Greek 'chondros' (cartilage) + '-itis' (inflammation) + '-ic' (relating to). The suffix chain builds: cartilage → inflamed cartilage → relating to inflamed cartilage.
Chondritis can be extremely painful because inflamed cartilage swells in tight spaces—like in your ear (ear chondritis, sometimes called 'cauliflower ear' in wrestlers) where there's nowhere for the swelling to go.
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