Meanings
plural arthropathies
- medicineAny of several diseases of a joint.
1 more example
The papers specifically devoted to paleopathology were additionally classified […] according to the principal class of disease upon which they are focused (arthropathy, congenital/developmental, dental disease, general (where the focus is on more than one type of disease), infection, metabolic disease, neoplastic disease, non-specific stress, trauma).
2023, Simon Mays, “The Macroscopic Study of Human Skeletal Paleopathology” (chapter 2), in The Routledge Handbook of Paleopathology, Routledge, →DOI, →ISBN, page 21Synonyms: arthrosis
Synonyms & antonyms
nounAny of several diseases of a joint.
Origin
Translations
Catalan artropatia
- artropatiamedicine: any of several diseases of a joint
Greek αρθροπάθεια
- αρθροπάθεια (arthropátheia)medicine: any of several diseases of a joint
Irish artrapaite
- artrapaitemedicine: any of several diseases of a joint
Polish artropatia
- artropatiamedicine: any of several diseases of a joint
Portuguese artropatia
- artropatiamedicine: any of several diseases of a joint
Russian артропатия
- артропатия (artropatija)medicine: any of several diseases of a joint
Spanish artropatía
- artropatíamedicine: any of several diseases of a joint
Cite this entry
arthropathy. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/arthropathy
“arthropathy.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/arthropathy. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “arthropathy,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/arthropathy.
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