ar·thri·tis (är-thr  t s)n. Inflammation of a joint, usually accompanied by pain, swelling, and stiffness, and resulting from infection, trauma, degenerative changes, metabolic disturbances, or other causes. It occurs in various forms, such as bacterial arthritis, osteoarthritis, or rheumatoid arthritis. ar·thrit ic (-thrtk) adj. & n.ar·thrit i·cal·ly adv. |
arthritis [ɑːˈθraɪtɪs]
n
(Medicine / Pathology) inflammation of a joint or joints characterized by pain and stiffness of the affected parts, caused by gout, rheumatic fever, etc. See also rheumatoid arthritis
[via Latin from Greek: see arthro-, -itis]
arthritic [ɑːˈθrɪtɪk] adj & n
| arthritis (är-thrts) Acute or chronic inflammation of one or more joints, usually accompanied by pain and stiffness, resulting from infection, trauma, degenerative changes, autoimmune disease, or other causes. See also osteoarthritisrheumatoid arthritis |   top: healthy finger joint; bottom: osteoarthritis in a finger joint showing inflammation of the synovial membrane and deterioration of the articular cartilage |
arthralgia, arthritis - Arthralgia is pain in a joint, from Greek arthron, "joint," which also gives us the word arthritis.
See also related terms for joint.
ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
| Noun | 1. |  arthritis - inflammation of a joint or joints inflammatory disease - a disease characterized by inflammation atrophic arthritis, rheumatoid arthritis, rheumatism - a chronic autoimmune disease with inflammation of the joints and marked deformities; something (possibly a virus) triggers an attack on the synovium by the immune system, which releases cytokines that stimulate an inflammatory reaction that can lead to the destruction of all components of the joint degenerative arthritis, degenerative joint disease, osteoarthritis - chronic breakdown of cartilage in the joints; the most common form of arthritis occurring usually after middle age gout, gouty arthritis, urarthritis - a painful inflammation of the big toe and foot caused by defects in uric acid metabolism resulting in deposits of the acid and its salts in the blood and joints spondylarthritis - arthritis that affects one or more of the intervertebral joints in the spine |
Translations
arthritis
n → Arthritis f, → Gelenkentzündung f
n arthritis [aːˈθraitis]
pain and swelling in the joints of the body. artritis إلتِهاب المَفاصِل артрит artritida leddegigt die Arthritis αρθρίτιδα artritis liigesepõletik آرتروز؛ ورم مفصل niveltulehdus arthrite דָלֶקֶת מִפְרָקִים गठिया रोग artritis ízületi gyulladás penyakit sendi liðagigt artrite 関節炎 관절염 artritas artrīts penyakit artritis artritis leddgikt artretyzm artrite artrită артрит artritída vnetje sklepov artritis ledinflammation, artrit ภาวะข้อต่ออักเสบ mafsal iltihabı, artrit 關節炎 артрит نقرس ، جوڑوں کا عارضہ ، گنٹھیا chứng viêm khớp 关节炎
adj arˈthritic [-ˈθri-]
artritis-agtig مُتَعَلِّق بالتِهاب المَفاصِل артритен artritický leddegigts- arthritisch αρθριτικός artrítico artriitiline دچار آرتروز niveltulehdus- arthritique שֶׁל דָלֶקֶת מִפְרָקִים गठिया रोग संबंधी artritičan ízületi gyulladásos sakit persendian liðagigtar- artritico 関節炎の 관절염의 artrito, artritinis artrīta- pesakit artritis artritisch leddgikts-, giktisk artretyczny artrítico artritic артритический artritický artritičen artritičan artritisk, led-, ledgångs- ที่เกี่ยวกับภาวะข้อต่ออักเสบ mafsal iltihabına ait 關節炎的 артритний نقرس زدہ thuộc chứng viêm khớp 关节炎的
arthritis → التهاب المفاصل artritida ledegigt Arthritis αρθρίτιδα artritis niveltulehdus arthrite artritis artrite 関節炎 관절염 artritis leddbetennelse zapalenie stawów artrite артрит artrit โรคข้อต่ออักเสบ mafsal iltihabı chứng viêm khớp 关节炎
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