arthritis
pronunciation
How to pronounce arthritis in British English:
UK [ɑːˈθraɪtɪs]
How to pronounce arthritis in American English:
US [ɑːrˈθraɪtɪs]
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- Noun:
- inflammation of a joint or joints
Word Origin
- arthritis
- arthritis: [16] Greek árthron meant ‘joint’ (it is used in various technical terms in biology, such as arthropod ‘creature, such as an insect, with jointed limbs’). It came from the Indo-European root *ar- ‘put things together, join, fit’, which also produced Latin artus ‘limb’ (source of English article) and English arm, as well as art. The compound arthritis is a Greek formation (-itis was originally simply an adjectival suffix, so arthritis meant ‘of the joints’ – with ‘disease’ understood; its application to ‘inflammatory diseases’ is a relatively modern development); it reached English via Latin.=> arm, art, article
- arthritis (n.)
- "inflammation of a joint," 1540s, from medical Latin arthritis, from Greek (nosos) arthritis "(disease) of the joints," from arthritis, fem. of arthrites (adj.) "pertaining to joints" (Greek nosos is a fem. noun), from arthron "a joint" (see arm (n.1)).
Example
- 1. He also suffered from carpal tunnel syndrome and arthritis .
- 2. Louise quit because of arthritis .
- 3. A rheumatologist treats conditions such as arthritis and lupus .
- 4. But she had chronic arthritis and osteoporosis , so we were a little tied down .
- 5. Aristolochic acids are sometimes used in herbal medicines to treat conditions like arthritis and gout .