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arthritis

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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Pronunciation

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  • Received-Pronunciation: /ɑːˈθɹ(a)ɪtɪs/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • Canada, General-American: /ɑɹˈθɹ(a)ɪtɪs/
  • Canada, General-American: [ɑɹˈθɹ(a)ɪɾɪs]
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  • Canada: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • Australian: /ɐːˈθɹ(ɑ)ɪtɪs/
  • Australian: /aːˈθɹ(ɑ)ɪtɪs/
  • CMU ARPABET: AA0 R TH R AY1 T AH0 S Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
  • CMU ARPABET 2: AA0 R TH R AY1 T IH0 S Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

noun

Meaning 1

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.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

inflammation of a joint or joints

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: inflammatory disease

Narrower terms: rheumatoid arthritis, atrophic arthritis, rheumatism, osteoarthritis, degenerative arthritis, degenerative joint disease, gout, gouty arthritis, urarthritis, spondylarthritis

History

Etymology

From Latin arthrītis, from Ancient Greek ἀρθρῖτις (arthrîtis, “joint-disease, gout”), from ἄρθρον (árthron, “a joint”). By surface analysis, arthr- + -itis.

Across languages

Translations

82 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Afrikaans: artritis — inflammation of a joint
  • Albanian: artrit — inflammation of a joint
  • Arabic: اِلْتِهَاب الْمَفَاصِل (iltihāb al-mafāṣil) — inflammation of a joint
  • Armenian: հոդաբորբ (hodaborb) — inflammation of a joint
  • Armenian: արթրիտ (artʻrit) — inflammation of a joint
  • Assamese: বাতবিষ (batobix) — inflammation of a joint
  • Belarusian: артры́т (artrýt) — inflammation of a joint
  • Bengali: বাত (bat) — inflammation of a joint
  • Bulgarian: артри́т (artrít) — inflammation of a joint
  • Catalan: artritis — inflammation of a joint
  • Chinese Cantonese: 關節炎 /关节炎 (gwaan1 zit3 jim4) — inflammation of a joint
  • Hakka Chinese: 關節炎 /关节炎 (kôan-chiet-yàm) — inflammation of a joint
  • Chinese Mandarin: 關節炎 /关节炎 (guānjiéyán) — inflammation of a joint
  • Czech: artritida — inflammation of a joint
  • Danish: gigt — inflammation of a joint
  • Danish: ledbetændelse — inflammation of a joint
  • Dhivehi: ހުޅުތައް ދުޅަވުން (huḷuta duḷavun̊) — inflammation of a joint
  • Dutch: gewrichtsontsteking — inflammation of a joint
  • Dutch: artritis — inflammation of a joint
  • Esperanto: artrito — inflammation of a joint
  • Faroese: gikt — inflammation of a joint
  • Faroese: liðabruni — inflammation of a joint
  • Finnish: niveltulehdus — inflammation of a joint
  • Finnish: nivelreuma — inflammation of a joint
  • French: arthrite — inflammation of a joint
  • Galician: artrite — inflammation of a joint
  • German: Arthritis — inflammation of a joint
  • German: Gelenkentzündung — inflammation of a joint
  • Greek: αρθρίτιδα (arthrítida) — inflammation of a joint
  • Ancient Greek: ἀρθρῖτις (arthrîtis) — inflammation of a joint
  • Gujarati: સંધિવા (sandhivā) — inflammation of a joint
  • Hebrew: דלקת מפרקים (daléket mifrakím) — inflammation of a joint
  • Hindi: गठिया (gaṭhiyā) — inflammation of a joint
  • Hindi: संधि शोथ (sandhi śoth) — inflammation of a joint
  • Hungarian: ízületi gyulladás — inflammation of a joint
  • Hungarian: artritisz — inflammation of a joint
  • Hungarian: arthritis — inflammation of a joint
  • Icelandic: gigt — inflammation of a joint
  • Icelandic: liðbólga — inflammation of a joint
  • Interlingua: arthritis — inflammation of a joint
  • Irish: airtríteas — inflammation of a joint
  • Italian: artrite — inflammation of a joint
  • Japanese: 関節炎 (kansetsuen) — inflammation of a joint
  • Kazakh: шорбуын (şorbuyn) — inflammation of a joint
  • Korean: 관절염 (gwanjeoryeom) — inflammation of a joint
  • Latin: podagra — inflammation of a joint
  • Latin: cheragra — inflammation of a joint
  • Latin: arthritis — inflammation of a joint
  • Luhya: bubimbe — inflammation of a joint
  • Macedonian: воспаление на зглобовите (vospalenie na zglobovite) — inflammation of a joint
  • Macedonian: артритис (artritis) — inflammation of a joint
  • Malay: radang sendi — inflammation of a joint
  • Malay: artritis — inflammation of a joint
  • Malayalam: സന്ധിവാതം (sandhivātaṁ) — inflammation of a joint
  • Māori: kaikōiwi — inflammation of a joint
  • Māori: mate pona kakā — inflammation of a joint
  • Khiamniungan Naga: ūtsēikīoh — inflammation of a joint
  • Nepali: बाथ (bāth) — inflammation of a joint
  • Norwegian: artritt — inflammation of a joint
  • Norwegian: leddgikt — inflammation of a joint
  • Norwegian: leddbetennelse — inflammation of a joint
  • Plautdietsch: Rietinj — inflammation of a joint
  • Polish: artretyzm — inflammation of a joint
  • Polish: zapalenie stawów — inflammation of a joint
  • Portuguese: artrite — inflammation of a joint
  • Punjabi: ਗਠੀਆ (gaṭhīā) — inflammation of a joint
  • Romanian: artrită — inflammation of a joint
  • Romanian: artroză — inflammation of a joint
  • Russian: артри́т (artrít) — inflammation of a joint
  • Slovak: artritída — inflammation of a joint
  • Spanish: artritis — inflammation of a joint
  • Swahili: jongo — inflammation of a joint
  • Swedish: ledinflammation — inflammation of a joint
  • Swedish: artrit — inflammation of a joint
  • Tagalog: magansugpong — inflammation of a joint
  • Tamil: மூட்டழற்சி (mūṭṭaḻaṟci) — inflammation of a joint
  • Thai: ข้ออักเสบ (kɔ̂ɔ-àk-sèep) — inflammation of a joint
  • Turkish: artrit — inflammation of a joint
  • Turkish: eklem iltihabı — inflammation of a joint
  • Ukrainian: артри́т (artrýt) — inflammation of a joint
  • Vietnamese: viêm khớp — inflammation of a joint
  • Welsh: gwynegon — inflammation of a joint