arthritis

== English == === Etymology === From Latin arthrītis, from Ancient Greek ἀρθρῖτις (arthrîtis, “joint-disease, gout”), from ἄρθρον (árthron, “a joint”). By surface analysis, arthr- +‎ -itis. === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ɑːˈθɹ(a)ɪtɪs/ (General American, Canada) IPA(key): /ɑɹˈθɹ(a)ɪtɪs/, [ɑɹˈθɹ(a)ɪɾɪs] (General Australian) IPA(key): /ɐːˈθɹ(ɑ)ɪtɪs/, /aːˈθɹ(ɑ)ɪtɪs/ === Noun === arthritis (countable and uncountable, plural arthritides or arthritises) 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. Hyponyms: osteoarthritis, degenerative joint disease; rheumatoid arthritis; septic arthritis ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== ==== See also ==== arthralgia arthrosis rheumatism gout === Further reading === “arthritis”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC. William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “arthritis”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC. “arthritis”, in OneLook Dictionary Search. == Interlingua == === Noun === arthritis (uncountable) arthritis (inflammation of a joint) ==== Related terms ==== arthritic == Latin == === Etymology === Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἀρθρῖτῐς (arthrîtĭs). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [arˈtʰriː.tɪs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [arˈtriː.tis] Hyphenation: ar‧thrī‧tis === Noun === arthrītis f (genitive arthrītidis); third declension arthritis (inflammation of a joint) ==== Declension ==== Third-declension noun. === Further reading === “arthritis”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “arthritis”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.