arthritis
/ɑɹˈθɹ(a)ɪtɪs/ noun B2- 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.
Plural arthritides
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At the age of twenty-four she developed rheumatoid arthritis, a disease that gradually swelled and twisted the joints of her hands and feet.
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