arthritis
Meanings
Plural: arthritides, arthritises
Noun
- inflammation of a joint or joints
- 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: any of several disease entities.
Origin / Etymology
From Latin arthrītis, from Ancient Greek ἀρθρῖτις (arthrîtis, “joint-disease, gout”), from ἄρθρον (árthron, “a joint”). By surface analysis, arthr- + -itis.
Scrabble Score: 12
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Words With Friends Score: 11
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