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B. cystitis
Means inflammation of the bladder. The suffix -itis means inflammation of.

The term systolithiasis (iasis = formation of + lith = stone) means a condition assosiated with the formation of bladder stones or calculi. The term cystocele (-cele = hernia, protrusion) means a hernial protrusion of the urinary bladder, for example, the vaginal wall in females.

You will note that the suffix "-(i)asis" and the suffix "-osis" are both forms of the ending "-sis" meaning state or condition of.