arthritic
/ɑ:'θritik/
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Definition
Adjective:
- Relating to or suffering from arthritis: Describes a condition, symptom, or person affected by arthritis, a disease causing inflammation and pain in the joints.
- Stiff or creaky, as if affected by arthritis: Used figuratively to describe something that is stiff, slow-moving, or makes a creaking sound, reminiscent of arthritic joints.
Noun:
- A person who has arthritis: Refers to an individual afflicted with the disease of arthritis.
Usage Examples
- Adjective:
- She has arthritic pain in her knees, especially in cold weather.
- The old door swung open with an arthritic groan.
- Noun:
- The new medication provided relief for many arthritics.
- My grandmother, an arthritic, uses a cane to walk.
Advanced Usage
- Figurative Use: The adjective can describe non-living things that are stiff, slow, or noisy.
- The arthritic bureaucracy made progress impossible.
- He made arthritic progress through the dense report.
Variants and Related Words
- Arthritis (n): The disease itself, characterized by joint inflammation.
- Rheumatoid arthritis is an autoimmune disorder.
- Arthritically (adv): In a manner relating to or resembling arthritis.
- He moved arthritically out of the chair.
Synonyms
- Adjective: Rheumatic, gouty (specific to gout, a form of arthritis), stiff, creaky.
- Noun: Arthritis sufferer, rheumatic.
Antonyms
- Adjective: Limber, supple, flexible, agile.
Related Phrases
- Arthritic joint: A joint affected by arthritis.
- The X-ray revealed severe damage to the arthritic joint.
- Arthritic condition: The state of having arthritis.
- Managing her arthritic condition requires daily exercise.
Adjective
- of or pertaining to arthritis
- my creaky old joints
- rheumy with age and grief
Noun
- a person afflicted with arthritis
- the hands of an elderly arthritic