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arthritis en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /aːˈθɹ(ɑ)ɪtɪs/ (Australia)
• [ɑɹˈθɹ(a)ɪɾɪs] (Canada, General-American)
• /ɑɹˈθɹ(a)ɪtɪs/ (Canada, General-American)
• (Texas) audio
• /ɑːˈθɹ(a)ɪtɪs/ (Received-Pronunciation)
• (Canada) audio
• (Southern-England) audio
• /ɐːˈθɹ(ɑ)ɪtɪs/ (Australia)

Etymology

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

Meanings

1. (countable, uncountable) 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.
   • The suppurating osteo-myelitis and arthritis did not assume a form sufficiently putrid to cause purulent infection; the patient also escaped hecticity; 1878, L[éon Athanese] Gosselin, “I. Hyperostosis of Right Femur. II. Necrosis of Left Tibia.”, in Lewis A. Stimson, transl., Clinical Lectures on Surgery, Delivered at the Hospital of La Charité, Philadelphia, Pa.: Henry C. Lea, part I (Surgical Diseases of Youth), page 42:
   • Juvenile rheumatoid arthritis (JRA), often referred to by doctors today as juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA), is a type of arthritis that causes joint inflammation and stiffness for more than six weeks in a child aged 16 or younger. It affects approximately 50,000 children in the United States. Inflammation causes redness, swelling, warmth, and soreness in the joints, although many children with JRA do not complain of joint pain. 2024 September 6, David Zelman, “Understanding Juvenile Rheumatoid Arthritis -- the Basics”, in WebMD:
   • She identified the dry grasp and the finger joints (both the Simpsons were dry-handed, and in the early stages of arthritis, so Dr Simpson had diagnosed). 2012, Patrick White, The Cockatoos: Shorter Novels and Stories, →ISBN:

Forms

Deriveds

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

Relateds

gout · rheumatism · arthrosis · arthralgia

Translations (82)

sv ledinflammation (inflammation of a joint) · kk шорбуын (inflammation of a joint) · ga airtríteas (inflammation of a joint) · is gigt (inflammation of a joint) · mk воспаление на зглобовите (inflammation of a joint) · ms artritis (inflammation of a joint) · gl artrite (inflammation of a joint) · la podagra (inflammation of a joint) · da gigt (inflammation of a joint) · cmn 關節炎 /关节炎 (inflammation of a joint) · cs artritida (inflammation of a joint) · ru артри́т (inflammation of a joint) · fi nivelreuma (inflammation of a joint) · ne बाथ (inflammation of a joint) · yue 關節炎 /关节炎 (inflammation of a joint) · grc ἀρθρῖτις (inflammation of a joint) · mi kaikōiwi (inflammation of a joint) · pdt Rietinj (inflammation of a joint) · la cheragra (inflammation of a joint) · ml സന്ധിവാതം (inflammation of a joint) · kix ūtsēikīoh (inflammation of a joint) · ms radang sendi (inflammation of a joint) · hu arthritis (inflammation of a joint) · ja 関節炎 (inflammation of a joint) · uk артри́т (inflammation of a joint) · hak 關節炎 /关节炎 (inflammation of a joint) · ar اِلْتِهَاب الْمَفَاصِل (inflammation of a joint) · be артры́т (inflammation of a joint) · pl zapalenie stawów (inflammation of a joint) · vi viêm khớp (inflammation of a joint) · fr arthrite (inflammation of a joint) · luy bubimbe (inflammation of a joint) · de Arthritis (inflammation of a joint) · ia arthritis (inflammation of a joint) · pt artrite (inflammation of a joint) · la arthritis (inflammation of a joint) · fi niveltulehdus (inflammation of a joint) · sk artritída (inflammation of a joint) · mi mate pona kakā (inflammation of a joint) · mk артритис (inflammation of a joint) · fo gikt (inflammation of a joint) · nl artritis (inflammation of a joint) · eo artrito (inflammation of a joint) · hy արթրիտ (inflammation of a joint) · el αρθρίτιδα (inflammation of a joint) · bg артри́т (inflammation of a joint) · it artrite (inflammation of a joint) · tl magansugpong (inflammation of a joint) · no leddgikt (inflammation of a joint) · tr artrit (inflammation of a joint) · no leddbetennelse (inflammation of a joint) · dv ހުޅުތައް ދުޅަވުން (inflammation of a joint) · he דלקת מפרקים (inflammation of a joint) · no artritt (inflammation of a joint) · af artritis (inflammation of a joint) · ta மூட்டழற்சி (inflammation of a joint) · ro artroză (inflammation of a joint) · hu ízületi gyulladás (inflammation of a joint) · sq artrit (inflammation of a joint) · hi गठिया (inflammation of a joint) · hi संधि शोथ (inflammation of a joint) · is liðbólga (inflammation of a joint) · th ข้ออักเสบ (inflammation of a joint) · hy հոդաբորբ (inflammation of a joint) · gu સંધિવા (inflammation of a joint) · ro artrită (inflammation of a joint) · nl gewrichtsontsteking (inflammation of a joint) · de Gelenkentzündung (inflammation of a joint) · da ledbetændelse (inflammation of a joint) · fo liðabruni (inflammation of a joint) · pl artretyzm (inflammation of a joint) · ko 관절염 (inflammation of a joint) · sv artrit (inflammation of a joint) · pa ਗਠੀਆ (inflammation of a joint) · tr eklem iltihabı (inflammation of a joint) · sw jongo (inflammation of a joint) · cy gwynegon (inflammation of a joint) · as বাতবিষ (inflammation of a joint) · bn বাত (inflammation of a joint) · ca artritis (inflammation of a joint) · hu artritisz (inflammation of a joint) · es artritis (inflammation of a joint)

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