osteoarthritis
osteoarthritis noun: a form of arthritis, affecting mainly older people, caused by chronic degeneration of the cartilage and synovial membrane of the joints, leading to pain and stiffness.
Noun
osteoarthritis (countable and uncountable, plural osteoarthritides or osteoarthritises)
- A form of arthritis, affecting mainly older people, caused by chronic degeneration of the cartilage and synovial membrane of the joints, leading to pain and stiffness.
- For example, among the papers directed at arthropathies, all the population studies in the bibliometric survey relied on macroscopy alone[…]. These were principally studies of osteoarthritis[…], for which there are standard diagnostic protocols based on macroscopic changes[…].2023, Simon Mays, “The Macroscopic Study of Human Skeletal Paleopathology” (chapter 2), in The Routledge Handbook of Paleopathology, Routledge, →DOI, →ISBN, page 23
- Synonyms:
- degenerative arthritis, degenerative joint disease, DJD
osteoarthritis meaning in Tamil, Bengali, Arabic and Malay
osteoarthritis in Tamil
- அத்திமூட்டழல், முதுமை மூட்டழற்சி
osteoarthritis in Bengali
- অস্থিসন্ধির প্রদাহ
osteoarthritis in Arabic
- form of arthritis caused by chronic degeneration of the cartilage and synovial membrane of the joints
- فُصَال عَظْمِيّ fuṣāl ʕaẓmiyy
osteoarthritis in Malay
- form of arthritis caused by chronic degeneration of the cartilage and synovial membrane of the joints
- radang sendi tulang, osteoartritis
More languagesFewer languages
- osteoarthritis in Vietnamese
- thoái hóa khớp, viêm xương khớp
Synonyms of osteoarthritis
- degenerative arthritis
- degenerative joint disease
- DJD
Forms of osteoarthritis
| plural | osteoarthritides |
|---|---|
| plural | osteoarthritises |
Origin of osteoarthritis
From osteo- + arthritis.
Words formed from osteoarthritis
Questions about osteoarthritis
- What does osteoarthritis mean?
- Osteoarthritis means a form of arthritis, affecting mainly older people, caused by chronic degeneration of the cartilage and synovial membrane of the joints, leading to pain and stiffness.
- What is osteoarthritis in Tamil?
- Osteoarthritis in Tamil is அத்திமூட்டழல், முதுமை மூட்டழற்சி. See Osteoarthritis meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is osteoarthritis?
- Osteoarthritis is a noun.
- What is the plural of osteoarthritis?
- The plural of osteoarthritis is osteoarthritides.
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Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: osteoarthritis (page history and authors); osteoarthritis (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); osteoarthritis (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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