arthritis

• n. [外科] 關節炎

詞根arthr, 關節，來自詞根ar, 連接。-itis, 炎症。

arthritis

arthritis: [16] Greek árthron meant ‘joint’ (it is used in various technical terms in biology, such as arthropod ‘creature, such as an insect, with jointed limbs’). It came from the Indo-European root *ar- ‘put things together, join, fit’, which also produced Latin artus ‘limb’ (source of English article) and English arm, as well as art. The compound arthritis is a Greek formation (-itis was originally simply an adjectival suffix, so arthritis meant ‘of the joints’ – with ‘disease’ understood; its application to ‘inflammatory diseases’ is a relatively modern development); it reached English via Latin.
=> arm, art, article

arthritis (n.)

"inflammation of a joint," 1540s, from medical Latin arthritis, from Greek (nosos) arthritis "(disease) of the joints," from arthritis, fem. of arthrites (adj.) "pertaining to joints" (Greek nosos is a fem. noun), from arthron "a joint" (see arm (n.1)).

1. New ways to treat arthritis may provide an alternative to painkillers.

關節炎的新療法可能是止痛藥之外的另一種選擇。

來自柯林斯例句

2. Some cases of arthritis respond to a gluten-free diet.

無麩質飲食對一些關節炎患者有療效。

來自柯林斯例句

3. Arthritis and rheumatism are prominent crippling diseases.

關節炎和風濕病是會嚴重損害身體健康的主要疾病。

來自柯林斯例句

4. degenerative diseases such as arthritis

諸如關節炎之類的變性病

來自《權威詞典》

5. Rheumatoid arthritis has also been linked with the virus.

風濕性關節炎也與這種病毒有關.

來自《簡明英漢詞典》