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Definition: Osteoarthritis |
OsteoarthritisNoun1. Chronic breakdown of cartilage in the joints; the most common form of arthritis occurring usually after middle age. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
| Domain | Definition |
Health | A progressive, degenerative joint disease, the most common form of arthritis, especially in older persons. The disease is thought to result not from the aging process but from biochemical changes and biomechanical stresses affecting articular cartilage. In the foreign literature it is often called osteoarthrosis deformans. (references) |
| Degeneration of articular cartilage. Primary osteoarthritis is very common in older persons, especially affecting weight-bearing joints. Articular cartilage becomes soft, frayed and thinned. (references) | |
Medicine | Degeneration of articular cartilage. Primary osteoarthritis is very common in older persons, especially affecting weight-bearing joints. Articular cartilage becomes soft, frayed and thinned. Source: European Union. (references) |
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(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
Arthritis (from Greek arthro-, joint + -itis, inflammation) is a group of conditions that affect the health of the bone joints in the body. Arthritic diseases include rheumatoid and psoriatic arthritis, which are autoimmune diseases; septic arthritis, caused by joint infection; and the more common osteoarthritis, or degenerative joint disease. Unlike the autoimmune diseases, osteoarthritis largely affects older people and results from the degeneration of joint cartilage. Arthritis may also be caused by gout.
Types of Arthritis
Osteoarthritis
Rheumatoid Arthritis
Rheumatoid arthritis is an autoimmune disorder that causes the body's immune system to attack the bone joints. It is a disabling condition, and often thought of as a disease.The synovium can become irritated and thickened with this condition, and sometimes it must be removed.
Psoriatic Arthritis
Psoriatic arthritis...
arthritis.org
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Synonyms: OsteoarthritisSynonyms: degenerative arthritis (n), degenerative joint disease (n). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Osteoarthritis |
| Non-English Usage: "Osteoarthritis" is also a word in the following languages with English translations in parentheses. Danish (osteoarthritis), Dutch (osteoarthritis), German (osteoarthritis). |
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Health | Osteoarthritis of the spine, hips, or knees. (references) | |
These features distinguish rheumatoid arthritis from osteoarthritis, which is a more common and degenerative "wear-and-tear" arthritis. (references) | ||
There is virtually no evidence that most rheumatoid arthritis or osteoarthritis can be made worse by foods, despite claims to the contrary. (references) | ||
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| "Osteoarthritis" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Osteoarthritis" is used about 18 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 100% | 18 | 82,615 |
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| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Language | Translations for "osteoarthritis"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Danish | osteoarthritis (osteo-arthritis), slidgigt (arthrosis), artrose (arthrosis), aldersgigt (arthrosis). (various references) | |
Dutch | osteoarthritis (osteo-arthritis), arthrosis (arthrosis), arthrose (arthrosis). (various references) | |
French | ostéoarthrite (f), arthrose. (various references) | |
German | Osteoarthritis (osteo-arthritis), Arthrosis (arthrosis), Arthrose (arthrosis). (various references) | |
Greek | άρθρωσις (arthrosis), οστεοαρθρίτις (arthrosis). (various references) | |
Italian | osteoartrite (osteo-arthritis), artrosi (arthrosis). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | osteoarthritisay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | osteoartrite (arthrosis, osteo-arthritis). (various references) | |
Spanish | osteoartritis (osteo-arthritis, osteoarthrosis), artrosis (arthrosis). (various references) | |
Thai | โรคข้อกระ"ูกอักเสบ. (various references) | |
Ukrainian | остеоартрит. (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "osteoarthritis" (pronounced Ä'stēō'Ärthrī"tus) |
| 8 | -Ä r th r ī" t u s | arthritis. |
| 5 | -r ī" t u s | detritus, gastritis. |
| 4 | -ī" t u s | bronchitis, encephalitis, hepatitis, laryngitis, mastoiditis, meningitis, situs. |
| 3 | -t u s | apparatus, apprentice, armistice, asbestos, berettas, cactus, calamitous, circuitous, countess, duplicitous, emeritus, eucalyptus, felicitous, fetus, fortuitous, glottis, gratis, gratuitous, gravitas, hiatus, hostess, impetus, injustice, justice, lattice, lettuce, Lotus, malpractice, margaritas, momentous, notice, portentous, poultice, precipitous, priestess, prophetess, prospectus, riotous, robustas, serendipitous, solicitous, status, Stratus, tortoise, treatise, ubiquitous. |
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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-e-h-i-i-o-o-r-r-s-s-t-t-t" | |
-4 letters: artistries, orthotists, sororities, thirstiest, throatiest, torosities, traitoress, tritheists. | |
-5 letters: arteritis, arthritis, arthroses, arthrosis, attestors, histories, irritates, oratories, orthotist, ostiaries, rheostats, rotatores, shirtiest, sororates, starriest, straitest, tattooers, testators, theorists, thirsters, thirstier, throatier, titrators, toastiest, toothiest, tortoises, traitress, trashiest, trattorie, tritheist. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-e-h-i-i-o-o-r-r-s-s-t-t-t" | |
+2 letters: osteoarthritides. | |
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