arthritis

Meaning

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.

Synonyms

rheumatism

gout

paralysis

stiffness

synovitis

polyarthritis

inflammation of a joint

osteoarthritis

Translations

arthrite

artritis

Arthritis

artrite

artrite

artritis

artritis

Gelenkentzündung

gewrichtsontsteking

arthritis

artrit

αρθρίτιδα

rheumatisme

αρθριτικά

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ɑː(ɹ)θˈɹ(a)ɪtɪs/

Etymology

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