arthritis
USar-THRY-tis/ɑɹˈθɹ(a)ɪtɪs/Sayah-THRY-tisUK/ɑːˈθɹ(a)ɪtɪs/AUS/ɐːˈθɹ(ɑ)ɪtɪs/
Pluralarthritides, arthritises
- 1Inflammation of one or more joints causing pain, swelling, and stiffness, arising from causes such as infection, injury, degenerative change, or metabolic disorder.
Years of heavy lifting left him with arthritis in both shoulders.
The doctor explained that arthritis was causing the swelling in her fingers.
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Origin
From Latin arthrītis, from Ancient Greek ἀρθρῖτις (arthrîtis, "joint-disease, gout"), which comes from ἄρθρον (árthron, "a joint"); it can be analyzed as arthr- plus -itis.