monoarthritisn.
/ˌmɒnəʊɑːˈθrʌɪtᵻs/, U.S. /ˈˌmɑnoʊɑrˈθraɪdᵻs/ Medicine.
Inflammation of a single joint; an instance of this. Cf. polyarthritis n.
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1890 H. Lane in Lancet 25 Oct. 863/1 In rheumatic arthritis we have found a monarthritis more the exception than the rule.
1965 Ann. Paediatrici Fennici 11 119 (title) Monarthritis in children. An etiological, clinical and differential diagnostical study on 264 children.
1989 Amer. Jrnl. Clin. Pathol. 92 821 The patient..developed a large amyloid goiter as a manifestation of the systemic amyloidosis and recurrent monarthritides.
2000 Jrnl. Clin. Microbiol. 38 460 (title) Isolation of Pantoea agglomerans in two cases of septic monoarthritis after plant thorn and wood sliver injuries.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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