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stiffnesses

stiffnesses is the plural of stiffness.

Meaning of stiffness

Noun

stiffness (countable and uncountable, plural stiffnesses)

  1. Rigidity or a measure of rigidity.
  2. Inflexibility or a measure of inflexibility.
  3. Inelegance; a lack of relaxedness.
    • His stiffness hampered the conversation.
  4. Muscular tension due to unaccustomed or excessive exercise or work; soreness.
    • Juvenile rheumatoid arthritis (JRA), often referred to by doctors today as juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA), is a type of arthritis that causes joint inflammation and stiffness for more than six weeks in a child aged 16 or younger. It affects approximately 50,000 children in the United States....2024 September 6, David Zelman, “Understanding Juvenile Rheumatoid Arthritis -- the Basics”, in WebMD

Questions about stiffnesses

What is stiffnesses the plural of?
Stiffnesses is the plural of stiffness.

Words near stiffnesses in the dictionary

  1. stifflike
  2. stiffly
  3. stiffnecked
  4. stiffneckedness
  5. stiffness
  6. stiffnesses
  7. stiffs
  8. stiffs up
  9. stiffship
  10. stiffships
  11. stifftail

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