| NOUN | state | arthritis | inflammation of a joint or joints |
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| Sounds | aarthray'tahs; aarthray'tihs | |
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| Rhymes | abacus ... zealous: 1164 rhymes with ahs... | |
| abyss ... worthiness: 194 rhymes with ihs... | ||
| Meaning | inflammation of a joint or joints. | |
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| Narrower | 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 |
| osteoarthritis, degenerative arthritis, degenerative joint disease | chronic breakdown of cartilage in the joints | |
| rheumatoid arthritis, atrophic arthritis, rheumatism | A chronic autoimmune disease with inflammation of the joints and marked deformities | |
| spondylarthritis | arthritis that affects one or more of the intervertebral joints in the spine | |
| Broader | inflammatory disease | A disease characterized by inflammation |
| Spanish | artritis | |
| Catalan | artritis | |
| Adjectives | arthritic | of or pertaining to arthritis |
| Nouns | arthritic | a person afflicted with arthritis |
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