rheumatoid spondylitis
- noun
- /ˈruːməˌtɔɪd ˌspɒndəˈlaɪtɪs/
- Archaic
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espondilitis reumatoide
- His limited movement was due to advanced rheumatoid spondylitis affecting his vertebrae.
Examples
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Patients with rheumatoid spondylitis often report stiffness and pain in the lower back.
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Early diagnosis of rheumatoid spondylitis can delay progression and preserve spinal flexibility.
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He was diagnosed with rheumatoid spondylitis last year.
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The symptoms of rheumatoid spondylitis can be debilitating.
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Early diagnosis of rheumatoid spondylitis can delay progression and preserve spinal flexibility.
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Patients with rheumatoid spondylitis often report stiffness and pain in the lower back.
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His limited movement was due to advanced rheumatoid spondylitis affecting his vertebrae.
Synonyms
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3.5
A condition that causes pain, stiffness, and swelling in joints
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6.2
A condition that causes pain and stiffness in the joints and muscles
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7.5
A long illness that makes the spine stiff and painful and can make its bones join together
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9.9
Painful swelling in a joint of the spine that makes the back stiff
A long-lasting sickness that makes the spine inflamed and stiff, often affecting men and sometimes making spinal bones join together
A condition that affects the joints between the bones of the spine, causing pain and stiffness
A painful swelling in the spine that affects the bones
Pain or illness that affects the joints and muscles, often in older people
Surface Forms
Morphology
The compound is compositionally transparent: 'rheumatoid' (relating to rheumatoid disease) modifies 'spondylitis' (inflammation of spinal joints), so a learner who knows both constituents can infer it means spinal inflammation caused by rheumatoid disease. This follows a regular medical modifier+noun pattern that is cross-linguistically common, making the overall meaning predictable from the parts.
Etymology
Rheumatoid spondylitis comes from old medical words: rheumatoid refers to 'rheumatism', a condition with joint pain, and spondylitis combines the words for 'spine' and 'inflammation'. So the name literally means inflammation of the spine, which explains the stiffness and loss of movement.