Definitions
Inflammation or painful stiffness in one or more joints.
Word origin
From Latin arthrītis, from Ancient Greek ἀρθρῖτις (arthrîtis, “joint-disease, gout”), from ἄρθρον (árthron, “a joint”). By surface analysis, arthr- + -itis.
Used in a sentence
“The suppurating osteo-myelitis and arthritis did not assume a form sufficiently putrid to cause purulent infection; the patient also escaped hecticity;”
“She identified the dry grasp and the finger joints (both the Simpsons were dry-handed, and in the early stages of arthritis, so Dr Simpson had diagnosed).”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
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01“Joint inflammation”9 letters
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