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osteoarthritic

osteoarthritic

1 6.6
Having joints that hurt and feel stiff because the ends of the bones have worn away
  • adjective
  • /ˌɑːstiəʊɑːrˈθrɪtɪk/
  • Specialized
: osteoartrítico
  • The ultimate stress results were averaged on a point-by-point basis for healthy and osteoarthritic bone and are presented in Table 1 and Table 2.
  • osteoarthritic bone
  • osteoarthritic femoral
  • portions of osteoarthritic

Examples

  • The data were also examined to see if results for normal and osteoarthritic bone were qualitatively or quantitatively different.

    Academic text (1991)

  • The effect of subject-specific constraints at the knee was assessed by testing these models on ten healthy and ten osteoarthritic subjects.

    Academic text (2016)

  • The ultimate strength was higher on average for osteoarthritic bone than in normal bone.

    Academic text (1991)

  • The etiology behind a higher average ultimate stress in osteoarthritic bone is not clear.

    Academic text (1991)

  • X-ray both hips: osteoarthritic changes, osteophytes with reduced joint space.

    Academic text (2007)

  • The test protocol produced reproducible results and allowed the determination of diseased portions of osteoarthritic bone.

    Academic text (1991)

  • The elastic modulus of the diseased portions of osteoarthritic trabecular bone was, on average, 20 percent lower than corresponding healthy bone.

    Academic text (1991)

  • Five fresh frozen cadaveric femoral heads were compared to five fresh frozen osteoarthritic femoral heads obtained from patients undergoing total hip replacement.

    Academic text (1991)

  • A comparison of the average compressive strengths for the osteoarthritic and healthy femurs using a pooled variance t-test indicated that the difference was statistically significant with p < 0.05.

    Academic text (1991)

  • Many elderly individuals suffer from osteoarthritic pain in their joints, making it difficult for them to walk.

Synonyms

arthritic
vsosteoarthritic
11 5.1

Having pain and stiffness in the joints

is limited to one specific form of joint disease rather than all forms

Surface Forms

osteoarthritic positive

Morphology

osteoarthritic = osteoarthritis (transparent) = osteo + arthr + ic

Formed from the noun 'osteoarthritis' with the productive adjectival suffix '-ic', so the meaning 'relating to osteoarthritis' is directly predictable.

Etymology

The word osteoarthritic begins with osteo- meaning 'bone' and arthr- meaning 'joint', and the ending -itic means 'relating to a disease'. So, osteoarthritic describes something to do with bone and joint problems, which is why it refers to the pain and stiffness of osteoarthritis.