arthritis

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arthritis

/ɑːˈθɹ(a)ɪtɪs/ UK
/ɑɹˈθɹ(a)ɪtɪs/ Canada, US
[ɑɹˈθɹ(a)ɪɾɪs] Canada, US
/ɐːˈθɹ(ɑ)ɪtɪs/ Australia
/aːˈθɹ(ɑ)ɪtɪs/ Australia

Where it comes from

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

noun arthritides · arthritises

countable, uncountable 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: any of several disease entities. The suppurating osteo-myelitis and arthritis did not assume a form sufficiently putrid to cause purulent infection; the patient also escaped hecticity;

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: rheumatism, osteoarthritis, arthritic, arthralgia, diabetes, disease, respiratory, immunity, immune, deformans, arthropathy, monoarthritis, spondyloarthritis, polyarthritis, synovitis, arthrosis

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noun inflammation of a joint

Español	artritis
한국어	관절염 gwanjeoryeom
日本語	関節炎 kansetsuen
中文	關節炎 /关节炎 guānjiéyán
हिन्दी	गठिया gaṭhiyā, संधि शोथ sandhi śoth
Kiswahili	jongo
Português	artrite
Français	arthrite
Deutsch	Arthritis, Gelenkentzündung
Italiano	artrite
Ελληνικά	αρθρίτιδα arthrítida
Română	artrită, artroză
Русский	артри́т artrít
Tiếng Việt	viêm khớp
العربية	اِلْتِهَاب الْمَفَاصِل iltihāb al-mafāṣil
עברית	דלקת מפרקים daléket mifrakím

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@misc{arthritis_2026,
  title = {arthritis},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/arthritis},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}