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arthritis.

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.

9 characters3 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

noun/ɑːˈθɹ(a)ɪtɪs/Received-Pronunciation/ɑɹˈθɹ(a)ɪtɪs/Canada, General-American[ɑɹˈθɹ(a)ɪɾɪs]Canada, General-American/ɐːˈθɹ(ɑ)ɪtɪs/Australia
  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: any of several disease entities.

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Where this word comes from

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

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