arthritis

English

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Etymology

From Latin, from Ancient Greek ἀρθρῖτις (arthritis, “joint-disease, gout”), from ἄρθρον (arthron, “a joint”). See also arthro- and -itis.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ɑː(ɹ)θˈɹaɪtɪs/

Noun

arthritis (plural arthritides)

1. 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.

Derived terms

• arthritic
• arthritically
• osteoarthritis
• polyarthritis
• rheumatoid arthritis

Translations

inflammation of a joint

• Albanian: artrit (sq)
• Catalan: artritis (ca) f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 關節炎 (cmn), 关节炎 (cmn) (guānjiéyán)

• Czech: artritida (cs) f
• Finnish: niveltulehdus (fi), nivelreuma (fi)
• French: arthrose (fr) f
• German: Arthritis f, Gelenkentzündung f
• Greek: αρθριτικά (el) (arthritiká) n pl
• Irish: airtríteas (ga) m
• Japanese: 関節炎 (かんせつえん kansetsuen)

• Korean: 관절염 gwanjeol-yeom
• Luhya: bubimbe
• Norwegian: artritt (no) m, leddgikt (no) c
• Portuguese: artrite (pt) f
• Romanian: artrită (ro) f, artroză (ro) f
• Russian: артрит (ru) (artrít) m
• Slovak: artritída (sk) f
• Spanish: artritis (es) f
• Swahili: jongo (sw)
• Turkish: artrit (tr)

See also

• arthrosis
• rheumatism
• arthralgia

External links

• arthritis in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
• arthritis in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
• arthritis at OneLook Dictionary Search