ARTHRITIC

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does arthritic mean? 

• ARTHRITIC (noun)
  The noun ARTHRITIC has 1 sense:

1. a person afflicted with arthritis

  Familiarity information: ARTHRITIC used as a noun is very rare.

• ARTHRITIC (adjective)
  The adjective ARTHRITIC has 1 sense:

1. of or pertaining to arthritis

  Familiarity information: ARTHRITIC used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ARTHRITIC (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A person afflicted with arthritis

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Context example:

the hands of an elderly arthritic

Hypernyms ("arthritic" is a kind of...):

patient (a person who requires medical care)

Derivation:

arthritis (inflammation of a joint or joints)

• ARTHRITIC (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Of or pertaining to arthritis

Synonyms:

arthritic; creaky; rheumatic; rheumatoid; rheumy

Context example:

rheumy with age and grief

Similar:

unhealthy (not in or exhibiting good health in body or mind)

Derivation:

arthritis (inflammation of a joint or joints)

 Context examples 

A combination preparation of glucosamine, a hexosamine sugar polymer, and methyl sulfonyl methane (MSM), a derivative of dimethyl sulphoxide, with anti-arthritic and anti-inflammatory activities.

(MSM/Glucosamine, NCI Thesaurus)

They are used primarily in the treatment of chronic arthritic conditions and certain soft tissue disorders associated with pain and inflammation.

(Nonsteroidal Antiinflammatory Drug, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)

An oral tablet formulation of a dietary supplement containing the sulfate salts of the amino sugar glucosamine and the glucosaminoglycan chondroitin with potential analgesic, anti-inflammatory, and anti-arthritic activities.

(Glucosamine Sulfate/Chondroitin Sulfate Tablet, NCI Thesaurus)

Boswellia extract tablets have been employed for asthma, arthritic conditions and ulcerative colitis and other chronic inflammatory diseases.

(Boswellia serrata, NCI Thesaurus)

Coriander seed oil is used in aromatherapy, to calm the digestive system, and for rheumatic and arthritic pain.

(Coriander Oil, NCI Thesaurus)

Since synovial fluid is regularly collected from arthritic patients as part of their treatment regime, our technique can be easily set up in laboratories throughout the world to understand and help to identify a cure for arthritic pain.

(Joint lubricating fluid plays key role in osteoarthritic pain, University of Cambridge)

The drug colchicine, used to treat the arthritic condition gout, could potentially reduce complications accompanying metabolic syndrome, a combination of high blood pressure, high blood sugar and other conditions that increase the risk of heart disease and type 2 diabetes, according to researchers at the National Institutes of Health.

(Gout treatment may help prevent obesity-related type 2 diabetes, National Institutes of Health)

In the future, this set up can be used to identify the specific components of synovial fluid that cause pain and then to test if and how a drug will be useful in arthritic pain.

(Joint lubricating fluid plays key role in osteoarthritic pain, University of Cambridge)