Arthritis

Definition: Arthritis

Arthritis

Noun

1. Inflammation of a joint or joints.

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Date "arthritis" was first used: 1543. (references)

Botanical

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Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

Synonym: Arthritis

Crosswords: Arthritis

Danish (arthritis), German (arthritis), Latin (arthritis, Arthritis Foundation Aspirin, Arthritis Foundation Ibuprofen, Arthritis Foundation Nighttime, Arthritis Foundation Pain Reliever [OTC], Arthritis, Adjuvant, Cama Arthritis Pain Reliever [OTC], Catastrophic Illness, Commitment of Mentally Ill, Critical Illness, Dental Care for Chronically Ill, Feeling ill, Foodborne Illness, ill breeding, Illness, preoccupation with, joint ill, joint illness).

I had arthritis! (Bio-Dome; writing credit: Adam Leff; Mitchell Peck)

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References

• The Official Patient's Sourcebook on Juvenile Rheumatoid Arthritis (reference)

• The 2002 Official Patient's Sourcebook on Rheumatoid Arthritis (reference)

• The Official Patient's Sourcebook on Arthritis of the Knee (reference)

  (more reference examples)

Books

• The Arthritis Cure: The Medical Miracle That Can Halt, Reverse, and May Even Cure Osteoarthritis (reference)

• The Arthritis Foundation's Guide to Alternative Therapies (reference)

• The New Arthritis Breakthrough (reference)

  (more book examples)

Periodicals

• Arthritis Foundation Newsletter (reference)

• Arthritis Hotline (reference)

• Arthritis News (reference)

• Arthritis Research (reference)

• Arthritis Self-management (reference)

  (more periodical examples)

Theater & Movies

• Tai Chi For Arthritis (reference)

• Hip Arthritis and Replacement (reference)

• Move Those Joints - Therapeutic Exercise for Arthritis (reference)

  (more DVD examples; more video examples)

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Streptococcus pneumoniae is one of the most common organisms causing respiratory infections such as pneumonia and sinusitis, as well as bacteremia, otitis media, meningitis, peritonitis and arthritis. Streptococci. Credit: CDC.

This organism causes respiratory infections such as pneumonia and sinusitis, as well as bacteremia, otitis media, meningitis, peritonitis and arthritis. The Neufeld-Quellung test is used in pneumococcus typing. Streptococci. Credit: CDC.

Six groups are in this genus: A, B, C, D, F, and G, which and are often found in pairs or chains. This organism causes respiratory infections such as pneumonia and sinusitis, as well as bacteremia, otitis media, meningitis, peritonitis and arthritis. Credit: CDC.

Trained Ayurvedic practitioners treating a girl with rheumatoid arthritis. / WHO p. Credit: National Library of Medicine; photo by A.S. Kochar..

Improved test found for rheumatoid arthritis. / National Institutes of Health photo. Credit: National Library of Medicine.

Rheumatoid Arthritis. You can live with it. / Lederle Laboratories. Credit: National Library of Medicine.

Arthritis doesn't have to be a pain. Credit: National Library of Medicine.

Anyone can spot the pain of arthritis. Credit: National Library of Medicine.

Mountaineer who reared his grandson in his home with the help of the neighbors. He had been crippled with arthritis most of his life. On the steps of a schoolhouse with his dog on South Fork of Kentucky River. Breathitt County, Kentucky. Credit: Library of Congress.

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Health

Nerve deafness and arthritis have been reported. (references)

Lyme arthritis may be treated with oral antibiotics. (references)

Overgrowth of bone and cartilage often leads to arthritis. (references)

Business

Their products are used for people with high-risk feet such as diabetes, arthritis, amputations, birth defects, and traumatic injuries. (references)

Expected to be operational in mid-2001, the plant will be Merck’s main worldwide material producer for two of its products, which treat asthma and arthritis. (references)

Economic History

Australia

In particular, products which serve Australia's aging population, such as treatments of diseases of the aged, like arthritis, or equipment which assists aged people to live independently, are likely to experience growth. (references)

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Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Expressions using "arthritis": arthritis deformans ♦ Arthritis Foundation Aspirin ♦ Arthritis Foundation Aspirin Free ♦ Arthritis Foundation Ibuprofen ♦ Arthritis Foundation Nighttime ♦ Arthritis Foundation Pain Reliever [OTC] ♦ arthritis nodosa ♦ atrophic arthritis ♦ Cama Arthritis Pain Reliever [OTC] ♦ chronic infectious arthritis ♦ degenerative arthritis ♦ gouty arthritis ♦ juvenile rheumatoid arthritis ♦ Lyme arthritis ♦ psoriatic arthritis ♦ Reiter's arthritis ♦ rheumatoid arthritis ♦ rhumatoid arthritis. Additional references.

Beginning with "arthritis": arthritis-like.

Ending with "arthritis": anti-arthritis, osteo-arthritis, pseudo-arthritis, rheumatoid-arthritis.

Afrikaans

artritis. (various references)

Albanian

artrit. (various references)

Arabic 

‏التهاب المفاصل. (various references)

Bulgarian 

артрит. (various references)

Chinese 

關節炎 , 关节炎 (Arthritic). (various references)

Czech

artritida. (various references)

Danish

arthritis (joint ill, joint illness). (various references)

Dutch

artritis (joint ill, joint illness). (various references)

Esperanto

artrito. (various references)

Faeroese

liðagikt, gikt (rheumatism). (various references)

Finnish

artriitti, niveltulehdus (joint ill, joint illness). (various references)

French

arthrite. (various references)

Frisian

flearen (gout). (various references)

German

Arthritis. (various references)

Greek 

αρθρίτιδα (gout). (various references)

Hebrew 

�"לקת �"מפרקים. (various references)

Hungarian

köszvény (gout, joint gout), ízületi gyulladás. (various references)

Italian

artrite (gout). (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

関節炎 . (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

か�"せつえ�". (various references)

Korean 

관� �염. (various references)

Manx

olt-hingys, gorley juntyn, arthreitys. (various references)

Pig Latin

arthritisay.(various references)

Portuguese

artrite (joint ill, joint illness). (various references)

Romanian

artritã. (various references)

Russian 

артрит. (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

artritis, artrit. (various references)

Spanish

gota (bead, blob, dab, dew, drip, drop, gout, spot), artritis (joint ill, joint illness). (various references)

Swedish

artrit (joint ill, joint illness), ledinflammation (joint ill, joint illness). (various references)

Thai

� าวะข้อต่ออักเสบ. (various references)

Turkish

artrit, eklem iltihabı. (various references)

Ukrainian

артрит. (various references)

nosos arthritis. (various references)

arthritis. (various references)

Derivations

Words ending with "arthritis": antiarthritis, osteoarthritis. (additional references)

Misspellings

"Arthritis" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: arithritis, arrthritis, arteritis, artheritis, Artheritus, arthiritis, arthitis, arthri, arthristis, arthritas, arthrites, arthritius, arthritus, artritis, athritis, athritus. (additional references)

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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

-2 letters: athirst, rattish, tartish.

-3 letters: airths, artist, sirrah, strait, strath, strati, thirst, traits.

-4 letters: airth, airts, arris, astir, hairs, harts, rishi, saith, shirr, shirt, sirra, sitar, stair, start, stria, tahrs, tarsi, tarts, titis, trait, trash.

-5 letters: airs, airt, aits, arts, hair, hart, hast, hats, hist, hits, iris, rash, rath, rats, rias, sari, sati, shri, sith.

+1 letter: arthritics.

+2 letters: arthritides.

+3 letters: airworthiest, hairsplitter.

+4 letters: antiarthritis, hairsplitters, stratigraphic, trichromatism, ultrarightist.

+5 letters: antiarthritics, authoritarians, characteristic, osteoarthritic, osteoarthritis, protohistorian, radiotherapist, rehabilitators, stratigraphies, trichromatisms, ultrarightists.