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Definition of arthritis noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

arthritis

noun
 
/ɑːˈθraɪtɪs/
 
/ɑːrˈθraɪtɪs/
 [uncountable]
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  1. a disease that causes one or more joints of the body to become painful and swollen (= larger than normal)
    • It is unclear why some people develop arthritis.
    see also osteoarthritis, rheumatoid arthritisTopics Health problemsc2, Life stagesc2
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • severe
    • chronic
    • degenerative
    • …
    verb + arthritis
    • have
    • suffer
    • suffer from
    • …
    arthritis + noun
    • sufferer
    • patient
    • pain
    • …
    phrases
    • crippled with arthritis
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    Word Originmid 16th cent.: via Latin from Greek, from arthron ‘joint’. Arthritic was already used in late Middle English.
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