arthritis

See also: Arthritis

English

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Ancient Greek ἀρθρῖτις (arthrîtis, “joint-disease, gout”), from ἄρθρον (árthron, “a joint”). See also arthr- +‎ -itis

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /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)
• Arabic: please add this translation if you can
• Armenian: հոդաբորբ (hy) (hodaborb), արթրիտ (hy) (artʻrit)
• Assamese: বাতবিষ (batobix)
• Bengali: বাত (bat)
• Catalan: artritis f
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 關節炎／关节炎 (gwaan¹ zit³ jim⁴), 关节炎 (gwaan¹ zit³ jim⁴)

  Hakka: 關節炎／关节炎, 关节炎 (kôan-chiet-yàm)

  Mandarin: 關節炎／关节炎 (zh) (guānjiéyán), 关节炎 (zh) (guānjiéyán)

• Czech: artritida f
• Danish: gigt c
• Dhivehi: ހުޅުތައް ދުޅަވުން (huḷuta duḷavun̊)
• Esperanto: artrito
• Faroese: gikt f
• Finnish: niveltulehdus (fi), nivelreuma (fi)
• French: arthrite (fr)
• Georgian: please add this translation if you can
• German: Arthritis (de) f, Gelenkentzündung f
• Greek: αρθριτικά (el) n or pl (arthritiká)
• Gujarati: સંધિવા (sandhivā)
• Hebrew: please add this translation if you can
• Hindi: गठिया (hi) (gaṭhiyā)
• Hungarian: ízületi gyulladás (hu)
• Icelandic: gigt (is) f
• Interlingue:
• Irish: airtríteas m
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Italian: artrite (it)
• Japanese: 関節炎 (ja) (かんせつえん, kansetsuen)
• Korean: 관절염 (ko) (gwanjeoryeom) (關節炎 (ko))
• Latin: podagra f (in the foot), cheragra f (in the hand)
• Latvian: please add this translation if you can
• Luhya: bubimbe
• Malay: radang sendi, artritis
• Malayalam: സന്ധിവാതം (sandhivātaṁ)
• Maori: kaikōiwi, mate pona kakā
• Mongolian: please add this translation if you can
• Nepali: बाथ (bāth)
• Norwegian: artritt m, leddgikt c
• Portuguese: artrite (pt) f
• Punjabi: ਗਠੀਆ (gaṭhīā)
• Romanian: artrită (ro) f, artroză (ro) f
• Russian: артри́т (ru) m (artrít)
• Slovak: artritída (sk) f
• Spanish: artritis (es) f
• Swahili: jongo (sw)
• Swedish: ledinflammation (sv) c, artrit (sv)
• Tagalog: magansugpong
• Tamil: மூட்டழற்சி (mūṭṭaḻaṟci)
• Thai: ข้ออักเสบ (kɔ̂ɔ-àk-sèep)
• Turkish: artrit (tr)
• Vietnamese: please add this translation if you can
• Welsh: please add this translation if you can

See also

• arthralgia
• arthrosis
• rheumatism
• gout

Further reading

• “arthritis”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
• “arthritis”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
• “arthritis”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.

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Interlingua

Noun

arthritis (uncountable)

1. arthritis

Related terms

• arthritic