# arthritis

Pronunciation: US say "ar-THRY-tis" /ɑɹˈθɹ(a)ɪtɪs/; say "ah-THRY-tis" UK /ɑːˈθɹ(a)ɪtɪs/, AUS /ɐːˈθɹ(ɑ)ɪtɪs/

## Noun

1. Inflammation of one or more joints causing pain, swelling, and stiffness, arising from causes such as infection, injury, degenerative change, or metabolic disorder.
   - Simple: A painful condition in which one or more joints become swollen and stiff.
   - _Years of heavy lifting left him with arthritis in both shoulders._
   - _The doctor explained that arthritis was causing the swelling in her fingers._

## 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.

Source: DictionaryAI, https://dictionaryai.com/define/arthritis (written from Wiktionary data, CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).