arthritic
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A person who has pain and stiffness in their joints
- noun
- /ɑrˈθrɪtɪk/
:
artrítico
- The arthritic man struggled to stand up after sitting for a long time.
Examples
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After years of living with arthritis, she learned how to manage her arthritic symptoms effectively.
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We wished to see if femoral head bone grossly classifiable as arthritic was different in gross compressive mechanical properties from the bone in normal femoral heads.
Academic text (1991) -
When a voluptuous North Korean translator rebuffs the arthritic but still sexually driven.
Academic text (2000) -
Many arthritic patients benefit from regular exercise to ease their joint pain.
Surface Forms
arthritic singular
arthritics plural
Etymology
Arthritic comes from the word arthritis, where arthro- means 'joint' and -itis means 'inflammation'. So an arthritic is a person who has painful or stiff joints.