polyarthritis
- noun
- /ˌpɒliˈɑːrθraɪtɪs/
- Specialized
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poliartritis
- Many patients with polyarthritis experience swelling and stiffness in their joints.
Examples
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After being diagnosed with polyarthritis, she learned how to manage her symptoms effectively.
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Days later, polyarthritis of the large and small joints develops along with muscle pain and fever.
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This was painful for my mother, suffering the beginning stages of polyarthritis.
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The ELISA for anti-CCP can help in the differential diagnosis of early polyarthritis.
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Thus, a suitable serologic marker is needed to predict the diagnosis of RA in cases of polyarthritis other than Rheumatoid factor (RF).
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Indeed, IL-1Ra-deficient mice bred into the BALB/c background develop spontaneous polyarthritis due to unopposed IL-1 signaling.
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He visited the doctor because he was experiencing painful inflammation from polyarthritis.
Synonyms
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A condition that causes pain, stiffness, and swelling in joints
Surface Forms
Morphology
polyarthritis = arthritis (semi-transparent) = poly + arthr + itis
The word is built regularly from poly- meaning 'many' plus arthritis, but the base term is a specialized medical word, so the meaning is only partly accessible to a typical learner.
Etymology
Polyarthritis comes from Greek parts poly- meaning 'many' and arthritis meaning 'joint inflammation'. So polyarthritis is like arthritis but affecting 'many' joints at the same time.