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English
Etymology
From Latin, from Ancient Greek ἀρθρῖτις (arthrîtis, “joint-disease, gout”), from ἄρθρον (árthron, “a joint”). By surface analysis, arthr- + -itis.
Pronunciation
Noun
arthritis (countable and uncountable, plural arthritides or arthritises)
- 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
Translations
inflammation of a joint
- Albanian: artrit (sq)
- Arabic: اِلْتِهَاب الْمَفَاصِل m (iltihāb al-mafāṣil)
- Armenian: հոդաբորբ (hy) (hodaborb), արթրիտ (hy) (artʻrit)
- Assamese: বাতবিষ (batobix)
- Belarusian: артры́т m (artrýt)
- Bengali: বাত (bn) (bat)
- Bulgarian: артри́т m (artrít)
- Catalan: artritis (ca) f
- Chinese:
- Cantonese: 關節炎／关节炎 (gwaan1 zit3 jim4)
- Hakka: 關節炎／关节炎 (kôan-chiet-yàm)
- Mandarin: 關節炎／关节炎 (zh) (guānjiéyán)
- Czech: artritida (cs) f
- Danish: gigt c, ledbetændelse c
- Dhivehi: ހުޅުތައް ދުޅަވުން (huḷuta duḷavun̊)
- Esperanto: artrito
- Faroese: gikt f, liðabruni
- Finnish: niveltulehdus (fi), nivelreuma (fi)
- French: arthrite (fr)
- Galician: artrite (gl) f
- Georgian: please add this translation if you can
- German: Arthritis (de) f, Gelenkentzündung f
- Greek: αρθρίτιδα (el) f (arthrítida)
- Ancient: ἀρθρῖτις f (arthrîtis)
- Gujarati: સંધિવા (sandhivā)
- Hebrew: דלקת מפרקים f (daléket mifrakím)
- Hindi: गठिया (hi) (gaṭhiyā)
- Hungarian: ízületi gyulladás (hu), artritisz (hu), arthritis (hu)
- Icelandic: gigt (is) f, liðbólga f
- Irish: airtríteas m
- Italian: artrite (it)
- Japanese: 関節炎 (ja) (かんせつえん, kansetsuen)
- Kazakh: шорбуын (şorbuyn)
- Korean: 관절염(關節炎) (ko) (gwanjeoryeom)
- Latin: podagra f (in the foot), cheragra f (in the hand)
- Latvian: please add this translation if you can
- Luhya: bubimbe
- Macedonian: воспаление на зглобовите n (vospalenie na zglobovite), артритис n (artritis)
- Malay: radang sendi, artritis (ms)
- Malayalam: സന്ധിവാതം (sandhivātaṁ)
- Maori: kaikōiwi, mate pona kakā
- Mongolian: please add this translation if you can
- Nepali: बाथ (bāth)
- Norwegian: artritt m, leddgikt c, leddbetennelse
- Plautdietsch: Rietinj f
- Polish: artretyzm (pl) m, zapalenie stawów n
- 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), eklem iltihabı
- Ukrainian: артри́т (uk) m (artrýt)
- Vietnamese: viêm khớp (炎級)
- Welsh: gwynegon
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See also
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.
Interlingua
Noun
arthritis (uncountable)
- arthritis
