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# arthritis

noun (arthritis)

«arthritis» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

Arthritis is an illness that makes the joints, the places where bones meet like knees, hips and fingers, swollen, stiff and painful. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/arthritis/#m1)

### In the lessons

In science and health lessons, arthritis shows why joints and the cartilage that cushions them matter. It is most common in older people, but children can get a kind of arthritis too. In everyday life, grandparents with arthritis may find it hard to open jars or climb stairs, so children can help. Exercise, medicine and keeping warm help people with arthritis.

### Examples

- Grandma has arthritis in her hands. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/arthritis/#x1)
- Arthritis makes his knees stiff in the morning. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/arthritis/#x2)
- People with arthritis may find buttons hard to do up. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/arthritis/#x3)
- I opened the jar for Grandpa because of his arthritis. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/arthritis/#x4)
- Arthritis affects the joints. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/arthritis/#x5)
- Gentle swimming helps her arthritis. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/arthritis/#x6)
- Some children have a kind of arthritis too. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/arthritis/#x7)
- Cold, damp weather makes his arthritis worse. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/arthritis/#x8)

### Note

Uncountable. Spelling: arthritis (arth + ritis); «-itis» means swelling or inflammation, as in tonsillitis. Pronounced «arth-RYE-tis». Myth: cracking your knuckles has not been shown to cause arthritis.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «arthritis» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/arthritis/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«arthritis» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/arthritis.html) on Mova free.