Contemporary Examples

Is that your spider sense tingling, or is that your arthritis?

And of course if you do have arthritis or other problems that make it hard to use a traditional grinder, this is a huge help.

Before Medicare, older people were trapped in wheelchairs, crippled by arthritis.

His arthritis, he told me, had been conquered by these weird maneuvers.

Nightshades have been associated with arthritis, fibromyalgia, autoimmune conditions and headaches.

Historical Examples

Tinkering with the diet has never been known to do any good for arthritis deformans and often does harm.

He knows the aspirin will not cure the arthritis, but he wants to alleviate the symptom.

Strangles occurs in the young principally and is not a frequent cause of synovitis or arthritis in the adult animal.

But you are in an advanced stage of arthritis deformans of the soul.

In hallux valgus, the metatarso-phalangeal joint of the great toe undergoes changes characteristic of arthritis deformans.

British Dictionary definitions for arthritis Expand

Derived Forms

arthritic (rtk) adjective, noun

Usage note

Rather than talking about an arthritic or arthritics, it is better to talk about a person with arthritis and people with arthritis

Word Origin

C16: via Latin from Greek: see arthro-, -itis

Word Origin and History for arthritis Expand

"inflammation of a joint," 1540s, from medical Latin arthritis, from Greek (nosos) arthritis "(disease) of the joints," from arthritis, fem. of arthrites (adj.) "pertaining to joints" (Greek nosos is a fem. noun), from arthron "a joint" (see arm (n.1)).

arthritis in Medicine Expand

arthritis arthritis (r-thr'ts) n. pl. arthritides (-thrt'-dz') Inflammation of a joint or joints resulting in pain and swelling. Also called articular rheumatism.

arthritis in Science Expand

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 osteoarthritis, rheumatoid arthritis.

arthritis in Culture Expand

The inflammation of tissues in the joints (such as osteoarthritis and rheumatoid arthritis), usually resulting in pain and stiffness.

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