osteoarthritis

English

Etymology

From osteo- +‎ arthritis.

Noun

osteoarthritis (countable and uncountable, plural osteoarthritides or osteoarthritises)

1. (pathology) 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.

Synonyms

• degenerative arthritis

Derived terms

• osteoarthritic

Translations

form of arthritis caused by chronic degeneration of the cartilage and synovial membrane of the joints

• Arabic: فُصَال عَظْمِيّ m (fuṣāl ʕaẓmiyy)
• Bashkir: остеоартрит
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 骨關節炎／骨关节炎 (zh) (gǔguānjiéyán)

• Czech: osteoartróza f
• Danish: please add this translation if you can
• Finnish: nivelrikko, artroosi (fi), osteoartriitti
• French: arthrose (fr) f
• Irish: oisté-airtríteas m
• Japanese: 変形性関節症 (へんけいせいかんせつしょう, henkeiseikansetsushō)
• Kazakh: остеоартрит (osteoartrit)
• Korean: 골관절염(骨關節炎) (golgwanjeoryeom)
• Kyrgyz: остеоартрит (osteoartrit)
• Malay: radang sendi tulang, osteoartritis
• Norwegian: slitasjegikt m
• Polish: choroba zwyrodnieniowa stawów f
• Portuguese: artrose (pt) f
• Romanian: osteoartrită (ro) f
• Russian: остеоартри́т (ru) m (osteoartrít)
• Spanish: artrosis (es) f
• Swedish: artros (sv) c
• Vietnamese: thoái hóa khớp

See also

• rheumatoid arthritis