arthritis

UK /ɑːˈθɹ(a)ɪtɪs/ US /ɑɹˈθɹ(a)ɪtɪs/

noun 1

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(noun.)

ADJ

severe | chronic | rheumatoid

VERB + ARTHRITIS

have, suffer (from)

develop, get

My grandmother got arthritis in her hands when she turned sixty.

treat

ARTHRITIS + NOUN

sufferer

PHRASES

crippled with arthritis

Definitions

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.

The suppurating osteo-myelitis and arthritis did not assume a form sufficiently putrid to cause purulent infection; the patient also escaped hecticity;

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).

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The suppurating osteo-myelitis and arthritis did not assume a form sufficiently putrid to cause purulent infection; the patient also escaped hecticity;

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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).

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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 we

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Arthritis is a painful condition that affects the joints.

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People with rheumatoid arthritis symptoms should be careful about what they eat.

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Tom has recently been diagnosed with rheumatoid arthritis.

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