arthritis

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun

Inflammation of a joint or joints causing pain and/or disability, swelling and stiffness, and due to various causes such as infection, trauma, degenerative changes or metabolic disorders: any of several disease entities.

Pronunciation

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Word forms

arthritis arthritides arthritises

Etymology

From Latin arthrītis, from Ancient Greek ἀρθρῖτις (arthrîtis, “joint-disease, gout”), from ἄρθρον (árthron, “a joint”). By surface analysis, arthr- + -itis.

Related words

Derived words

acroarthritis antiarthritis arthritic arthritically arthritislike arthritism crystalline arthritis dermatoarthritis gouty arthritis monarthritis monoarthritis oligoarthritis osteoarthritis panarthritis pauciarthritis periarthritis polyarthritis Reiter's arthritis rheumatoid arthritis spondylarthritis spondyloarthritis urarthritis

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