polyarthritisn.
/ˌpɒlɪɑːˈθrʌɪtᵻs/, U.S. /ˈˌpɑliˌɑrˈθraɪdᵻs/ Medicine.
Arthritis affecting several or many joints.
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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 Lancet 18 Jan. 92/2 (heading) Vertebral polyarthritis.
1932 Science 29 Jan. 8/2 Certain other diseases have been found to have a tuberculous origin, for instance, acute polyarthritis or acute inflammation of the joints, popularly known as rheumatism.
1968 New Eng. Jrnl. Med. 25 Jan. 183/1 Rheumatic fever is a poststreptococcal disease that consists of five major clinical manifestations (polyarthritis, carditis, chorea, erythema marginatum and subcutaneous nodules).
1996 Kindred Spirit Summer 58/1 At the beginning of 1970 I came down with polyarthritis in every joint.
Derivatives
ˌpolyarˈthritic adj. of or relating to polyarthritis; characterized by or affected with polyarthritis.
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the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > diseases of tissue > disorders of joints > [adjective] > rheumatism or arthritis > affected with
arthritic?a1425
arthritical1528
rheumatic1728
rheumaticky1852
osteoarthritic1891
polyarthritic1901
osteoarthrotic1964
1901 Lancet 16 Mar. 776/1 In addition to such polyarthritic forms there is yet a fourth group of cases in which only one or two joints are involved.
1960 Q. Jrnl. Med. 29 474 None of his cases during the period of observation developed typical polyarthritic deformities.
1994 Bailliere's Clin. Rheumatol. 8 322 Arthritis mutilans..has been seen following both a polyarthritic onset and a rapidly developing asymmetrical polyarthritis.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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