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Arthritis

ARTHRIT'IS

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Noun.
[Gr. from a joint. It seems to be of the same family as artus, a limb.]
In a general sense, any painful disease of the joints; but more particularly, the gout, an hereditary, intermitting disease, usually affecting the small joints; sometimes the stomach.

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Arthritis

Arthritis

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German

Noun

Arthritis f (genitive Arthritis, plural Arthritiden)

  1. arthritis

arthritis

arthritis

See also: Arthritis

English

Noun

arthritis (plural arthritides)

  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.

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