Arthritis

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  • noun. Inflammation of a joint, usually accompanied by pain, swelling, and stiffness, resulting from infection, trauma, degenerative changes, metabolic disturbances, or other causes. It occurs in various forms, such as bacterial arthritis, osteoarthritis, or rheumatoid arthritis.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. Inflammation of a joint.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. Any inflammation of the joints, including the gout. A variety of forms of arthritis are recognized, some of which (such as rheumatoid arthritis, also called arthritis deformans and arthritis nodosa) are chronic and progressive, and lead to incapacitation and deformity.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. 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.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • noun. inflammation of a joint or joints
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    "_Metastatic arthritis_ is seen more frequently in colts or young animals than in mature horses and we here take the liberty of classifying with the arthritis of omphalophlebitis and strangles the so-called rheumatic variety."
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