ARTHRITIS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does arthritis mean? 

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

1. inflammation of a joint or joints

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• ARTHRITIS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Inflammation of a joint or joints

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

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

inflammatory disease (a disease characterized by inflammation)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "arthritis"):

atrophic arthritis; rheumatism; rheumatoid arthritis (a chronic autoimmune disease with inflammation of the joints and marked deformities; something (possibly a virus) triggers an attack on the synovium by the immune system, which releases cytokines that stimulate an inflammatory reaction that can lead to the destruction of all components of the joint)

degenerative arthritis; degenerative joint disease; osteoarthritis (chronic breakdown of cartilage in the joints; the most common form of arthritis occurring usually after middle age)

gout; gouty arthritis; urarthritis (a painful inflammation of the big toe and foot caused by defects in uric acid metabolism resulting in deposits of the acid and its salts in the blood and joints)

spondylarthritis (arthritis that affects one or more of the intervertebral joints in the spine)

Derivation:

arthritic (a person afflicted with arthritis)

arthritic (of or pertaining to arthritis)

 Context examples 

Gout is a painful type of arthritis that happens when too much uric acid builds up in the body.

(Arthritis, NIH: National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases)

It may be caused by long-term use of steroid medicines, alcohol abuse, joint injuries, and certain diseases, such as cancer and arthritis.

(Aseptic necrosis, NCI Dictionary)

An orally available, lipophilic, organogold compound, used to treat rheumatoid arthritis, with anti-inflammatory and potential antineoplastic activities.

(Auranofin, NCI Thesaurus)

It is also used in the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis that does not get better with other types of treatment.

(Azathioprine sodium, NCI Dictionary)

An immunosuppressive agent used in combination with cyclophosphamide and hydroxychloroquine in the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis.

(Azathioprine, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)

A procedure that uses gold salts (a salt form of the metal element gold) to treat diseases, such as rheumatoid arthritis.

(Aurotherapy, NCI Dictionary)

Some nerve problems, arthritis, or cancers can affect the entire arm and cause pain, spasms, swelling and trouble moving.

(Arm Injuries and Disorders, NIH)

A. bernardiae has only been found in humans, and is associated with urinary tract infections and septic arthritis.

(Arcanobacterium bernardiae, NCI Thesaurus)

A substance that has been studied in the treatment of cancer and is being studied in the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis and certain skin conditions.

(Antisense c-fos, NCI Dictionary)

While drugs such as etanercept and anakinra, which are routinely used to treat autoinflammatory and chronic diseases such as rheumatoid arthritis, had little effect on the patients, one biological drug called tocilizumab did.

(Researchers discover new autoinflammatory disease and uncover its biological cause, National Institutes of Health)