Arthritis

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. Inflammation of a joint, usually accompanied by pain, swelling, and stiffness, and resulting from infection, trauma, degenerative changes, metabolic disturbances, or other causes. It occurs in various forms, such as bacterial arthritis, osteoarthritis, or rheumatoid arthritis.
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  • n. 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.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. Any inflammation of the joints, including the gout. A variety of forms of arthritis are recognized, some of which (such as rheumatoid arthritis, also called arthritis deformans and arthritis nodosa) are chronic and progressive, and lead to incapacitation and deformity.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. Inflammation of a joint.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. inflammation of a joint or joints
    • Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    inflammatory disease   
    Cross Reference
    arthritis deformans    arthralgia    arthrosis    rheumatism   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Titus    Unitas    bronchitis    detritus    encephalitis   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    diabetes    asthma    rheumatism    epilepsy    hepatitis   
     
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