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ARTHROPATHY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does arthropathy mean? 

ARTHROPATHY (noun)
  The noun ARTHROPATHY has 1 sense:

1. a pathology or abnormality of a jointplay

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


 Dictionary entry details 


ARTHROPATHY (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

A pathology or abnormality of a joint

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

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

pathology (any deviation from a healthy or normal condition)


 Context examples 


A form of nonthrombocytopenic purpura due to a hypersensitivity vasculitis associated with a variety of clinical symptoms including urticaria and erythema, arthropathy and arthritis, gastrointestinal symptoms, and renal involvement.

(Henoch-Schonlein Purpura, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)



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