arthritis

arthritis

See also: Arthritis

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɑː(ɹ)θˈɹ(a)ɪtɪs/

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Noun

arthritis (countable and uncountable, plural arthritides)

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.

Derived terms

• arthritic
• arthritically
• crystalline arthritis
• osteoarthritis
• polyarthritis
• Reiter's arthritis
• rheumatoid arthritis

 

Translations

inflammation of a joint

Albanian: artrit (sq) Arabic: اِلْتِهَاب الْمَفَاصِل‎ m (iltihāb al-mafāṣil) Armenian: հոդաբորբ (hy) (hodaborb), արթրիտ (hy) (artʿrit) Assamese: বাতবিষ (batobix) Belarusian: артры́т m (artrýt) Bengali: বাত (bn) (bat) Bulgarian: артри́т m (artrít) Catalan: artritis (ca) f Chinese: Cantonese: 關節炎, 关节炎 (gwaan1 zit3 jim4) Hakka: 關節炎, 关节炎 (kôan-chiet-yàm) Mandarin: 關節炎／关节炎 (zh) (guānjiéyán) Czech: artritida (cs) f Danish: gigt c, ledbetændelse c Dhivehi: ހުޅުތައް ދުޅަވުން‎ (huḷuta duḷavun̊) Esperanto: artrito Faroese: gikt f, liðabruni Finnish: niveltulehdus (fi), nivelreuma (fi) French: arthrite (fr) Galician: artrite (gl) f Georgian: please add this translation if you can German: Arthritis (de) f, Gelenkentzündung f Greek: αρθρίτιδα (el) f (arthrítida) Ancient: ἀρθρῖτις f (arthrîtis) Gujarati: સંધિવા (sandhivā) Hebrew: דלקת מפרקים‎ f (daléket mifrakím) Hindi: गठिया (hi) (gaṭhiyā) Hungarian: ízületi gyulladás (hu) Icelandic: gigt (is) f, liðbólga f Irish: airtríteas m Italian: artrite (it) Japanese: 関節炎 (ja) (かんせつえん, kansetsuen) Kazakh: шорбуын (şorbuyn) Korean: 관절염(關節炎) (ko) (gwanjeoryeom) Latin: podagra f (in the foot), cheragra f (in the hand) Latvian: please add this translation if you can Luhya: bubimbe Macedonian: воспаление на зглобовите n (vospalenie na zglobovite), артритис n (artritis) Malay: radang sendi, artritis (ms) Malayalam: സന്ധിവാതം (sandhivātaṃ) Maori: kaikōiwi, mate pona kakā Mongolian: please add this translation if you can Nepali: बाथ (bāth) Norwegian: artritt m, leddgikt c, leddbetennelse Plautdietsch: Rietinj f Polish: artretyzm (pl) m, zapalenie stawów n Portuguese: artrite (pt) f Punjabi: ਗਠੀਆ (gaṭhīā) Romanian: artrită (ro) f, artroză (ro) f Russian: артри́т (ru) m (artrít) Slovak: artritída (sk) f Spanish: artritis (es) f Swahili: jongo (sw) Swedish: ledinflammation (sv) c, artrit (sv) Tagalog: magansugpong Tamil: மூட்டழற்சி (mūṭṭaḻaṟci) Thai: ข้ออักเสบ (kɔ̂ɔ-àk-sèep) Turkish: artrit (tr), eklem iltihabı Ukrainian: артри́т (uk) m (artrýt) Vietnamese: viêm khớp (炎級) Welsh: gwynegon

See also

• arthralgia
• arthrosis
• rheumatism
• gout

Further reading

• arthritis in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
• arthritis in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911
• arthritis at OneLook Dictionary Search

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Interlingua

Noun

arthritis (uncountable)

1. arthritis

Related terms

• arthritic