arthritis

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Etymology

From Latin arthrītis, from Ancient Greek ἀρθρῖτις (arthrîtis, joint-disease, gout), from ἄρθρον (árthron, a joint). By surface analysis, arthr- +‎ -itis.

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Noun

arthritis (countable and uncountable, plural arthritides or arthritises)

  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.
    • 1878, L[éon Athanese] Gosselin, “I. Hyperostosis of Right Femur. II. Necrosis of Left Tibia.”, in Lewis A. Stimson, transl., Clinical Lectures on Surgery, Delivered at the Hospital of La Charité, Philadelphia, Pa.: Henry C. Lea, part I (Surgical Diseases of Youth), page 42:
      The suppurating osteo-myelitis and arthritis did not assume a form sufficiently putrid to cause purulent infection; the patient also escaped hecticity;
    • 2012, Patrick White, The Cockatoos: Shorter Novels and Stories, →ISBN:
      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).

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Interlingua

Noun

arthritis (uncountable)

  1. arthritis (inflammation of a joint)

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἀρθρῖτῐς (arthrîtĭs).

Pronunciation

Noun

arthrītis f (genitive arthrītidis); third declension

  1. arthritis (inflammation of a joint)

Declension

Third-declension noun.

singular plural
nominative arthrītis arthrītidēs
genitive arthrītidis arthrītidum
dative arthrītidī arthrītidibus
accusative arthrītidem arthrītidēs
ablative arthrītide arthrītidibus
vocative arthrītis arthrītidēs

Further reading

  • arthritis”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • arthritis in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.