arthritismn.
/ˈɑːθrɪtɪz(ə)m/, U.S. /ˈɑrθrɪtɪz(ə)m/ Medicine. Now rare.
Predisposition to gout or other form of arthritis; arthritic diathesis.
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the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > diseases of tissue > disorders of joints > [noun] > rheumatism or arthritis
arthritis1543
rheum1667
rheumatism1670
rheumatiz1760
rheumatica1796
arthrosia1822
screwmatic1832
rheumatoid arthritis1859
arthritism1868
polyarthritis1868
osteoarthritis1878
panarthritis1890
screw1897
Still's disease1905
rheumatic1918
osteoarthrosis1932
RA1957
1868 Jrnl. Cutaneous Dis. 2 240 By arthritism [is meant] a tendency to cutaneous disease originating in the gouty, the rheumatic, and the lithic malassimilation.
1882 St. Bartholomew's Hosp. Rep. 18 363 Arthritism..the peculiar disposition..whereby affections of the joints are liable to occur, and these especially of rheumatic or gouty nature.
1896 Davenport (Iowa) Daily Leader 10 Jan. 7/3 Whenever a race has carnivorous habits, there one finds arthritism and bad hair, or baldness.
1919 Times 3 Jan. 2/6 (advt.) If arterio-sclerosis is not in itself a form of arthritism, it may at any rate be considered as its accompaniment and result.
1948 Jrnl. Pediatrics 33 207 Many of the characteristics of the allergic pattern have long been recognized by pediatrists and classified as ‘exudative diathesis’ and ‘arthritism’.
1982 Jrnl. Affective Disorders 4 392 The nosologic concept of alcoholism.., in analogy with the suggestion of arthritism, may be looked upon as a hierarchically superior concept.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2008; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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