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Arthritic definitions

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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

ARTHRIT'IC,
ARTHRIT'ICAL, a. Pertaining to the joints, or to the gout; affecting the joints.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

adj
1: of or pertaining to arthritis; "my creaky old joints"; "rheumy with age and grief" [syn: arthritic, creaky, rheumatic, rheumatoid, rheumy] n
1: a person afflicted with arthritis; "the hands of an elderly arthritic"

Merriam Webster's

adjective Date: 14th century 1. of, relating to, or affected with arthritis <arthritic hands> 2. seemingly affected with or caused by arthritis <an arthritic legal system> <a story moving with arthritic slowness> • arthritic noun • arthritically adverb

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Arthritic Ar*thrit"ic, Arthritical Ar*thrit"ic*al, a. [L. arthriticus, Gr. 'arqritiko`s. See Arthritis.] 1. Pertaining to the joints. [Obs.] --Sir T. Browne. 2. Of or pertaining to arthritis; gouty. --Cowper.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

1. Arthritic is used to describe the condition, the pain, or the symptoms of arthritis. I developed serious arthritic symptoms and chronic sinusitis. ADJ: ADJ n 2. An arthritic person is suffering from arthritis, and cannot move very easily. Arthritic joints or hands are affected by arthritis. ...an elderly lady who suffered with arthritic hands. ADJ

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