DHO Careers in Healthcare Practice Test

Think of -itis as signaling inflammation of the body part named in the term. When you see this suffix, the condition described is an inflammatory process affecting that specific part, which is why the option stating inflammation of the specified body part fits best. Examples like gastritis (stomach inflammation) or dermatitis (skin inflammation) illustrate how the suffix points directly to an inflammatory state. The other descriptions refer to infection, injury without inflammation, or just pain, which do not capture what -itis means.