arthritis

arthritis
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.

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  • Arthritis — Arthritis …   Deutsch Wörterbuch

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  • Arthritis — Ar*thri tis ([aum]r*thr[imac] t[i^]s), n. [L., fr. Gr. arqri^tis (as if fem. of arqri tis belonging to the joints, sc. no sos disease) gout, fr. a rqron a joint.] (Med.) Any inflammation of the joints, including the gout. A variety of forms of… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • arthritis — (n.) inflammation of a joint, 1540s, from medical L. arthritis, from Gk. (nosos) arthritis (disease) of the joints, from arthritis, fem. of arthrites (adj.) pertaining to joints (Gk. nosos is a fem. noun), from arthron a joint (see ARM (Cf. arm)… …   Etymology dictionary

  • Arthritis — »Gelenkentzündung«: Die Krankheitsbezeichnung ist über lat. arthritis aus griech. arthrītis (nósos) »Gliederkrankheit; Gicht« entlehnt, das zu griech. árthron »Glied, Gelenk« (etymologisch verwandt mit dt. ↑ Arm) gehört …   Das Herkunftswörterbuch

  • arthritis — [är thrīt′is] n. [L < Gr < arthron (see ARTHRO ) + ITIS] inflammation of a joint or joints, esp. as in rheumatoid arthritis arthritic [är thrit′ik] adj …   English World dictionary

  • Arthrītis — (gr.), eigentlich Gelenkentzündung, zumeist aber rheumatische od. gichtische Erkrankung der Gelenke; daher Arthritisch, gichtisch. Arthritische Mittel, Mittel gegen die Gicht. Arthritidolĭthos, Gelenkstein von Gicht, Knoten, steinige Concremente… …   Pierer's Universal-Lexikon

  • Arthrītis — (griech., »Gelenkentzündung«), Gicht …   Meyers Großes Konversations-Lexikon

  • Arthritis — Arthritis, s. Gicht …   Herders Conversations-Lexikon

  • arthritis — ► NOUN ▪ painful inflammation and stiffness of the joints. DERIVATIVES arthritic adjective & noun. ORIGIN Greek, from arthron joint …   English terms dictionary

  • Arthritis — Klassifikation nach ICD 10 M00–M03 Infektiöse Arthropathien M05–M14 Entzündliche Polyarthropathien …   Deutsch Wikipedia

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