arthritis
noun /ɑːˈθraɪtɪs/
/ɑːrˈθraɪtɪs/
[uncountable]- a disease that causes one or more joints of the body to become painful and swollen (= larger than normal)
- It is unclear why some people develop arthritis.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- severe
- chronic
- degenerative
- …
- have
- suffer
- suffer from
- …
- sufferer
- patient
- pain
- …
- crippled with arthritis
Word Originmid 16th cent.: via Latin from Greek, from arthron ‘joint’. Arthritic was already used in late Middle English.