Meanings
plural osteoarthritides · plural osteoarthritises
- countableuncountablemedicineA form of arthritis, affecting mainly older people, caused by chronic degeneration of the cartilage and synovial membrane of the joints, leading to pain and stiffness.
For example, among the papers directed at arthropathies, all the population studies in the bibliometric survey relied on macroscopy alone[…]. These were principally studies of osteoarthritis[…], for which there are standard diagnostic protocols based on macroscopic changes[…].
2023, Simon Mays, “The Macroscopic Study of Human Skeletal Paleopathology” (chapter 2), in The Routledge Handbook of Paleopathology, Routledge, →DOI, →ISBN, page 23Synonyms: degenerative arthritis, degenerative joint disease, DJD
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA form of arthritis, affecting mainly older people, caused by chronic degeneration of the cartilage and synovial membrane of the joints, leading to pain and stiffness.
More synonyms by meaning
nounchronic breakdown of cartilage in the joints; the most common form of arthritis occurring usually after middle age
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*h₃ésth₁
- Ancient Greekὀστέον (ostéon)
- Englishosteo-
- Englisharthritis
- Englishosteoarthritis
Translations
Arabic فُصَال عَظْمِيّ
- فُصَال عَظْمِيّ (fuṣāl ʕaẓmiyy)form of arthritis caused by chronic degeneration of the cartilage and synovial membrane of the joints
Chinese Mandarin 骨關節炎 /骨关节炎
- 骨關節炎 /骨关节炎 (gǔguānjiéyán)form of arthritis caused by chronic degeneration of the cartilage and synovial membrane of the joints
Czech osteoartróza
- osteoartrózaform of arthritis caused by chronic degeneration of the cartilage and synovial membrane of the joints
Danish slidgigt, artrose
- slidgigtform of arthritis caused by chronic degeneration of the cartilage and synovial membrane of the joints
- artroseform of arthritis caused by chronic degeneration of the cartilage and synovial membrane of the joints
Finnish nivelrikko, artroosi
- nivelrikkoform of arthritis caused by chronic degeneration of the cartilage and synovial membrane of the joints
- artroosiform of arthritis caused by chronic degeneration of the cartilage and synovial membrane of the joints
- osteoartriittiform of arthritis caused by chronic degeneration of the cartilage and synovial membrane of the joints
French arthrose, ostéo-arthrite
- arthroseform of arthritis caused by chronic degeneration of the cartilage and synovial membrane of the joints
- ostéo-arthriteform of arthritis caused by chronic degeneration of the cartilage and synovial membrane of the joints
Irish oisté-airtríteas
- oisté-airtríteasform of arthritis caused by chronic degeneration of the cartilage and synovial membrane of the joints
Japanese 変形性関節症
- 変形性関節症 (henkeiseikansetsushō)form of arthritis caused by chronic degeneration of the cartilage and synovial membrane of the joints
Korean 골관절염
- 골관절염 (golgwanjeoryeom)form of arthritis caused by chronic degeneration of the cartilage and synovial membrane of the joints
Malay radang sendi tulang, osteoartritis
- radang sendi tulangform of arthritis caused by chronic degeneration of the cartilage and synovial membrane of the joints
- osteoartritisform of arthritis caused by chronic degeneration of the cartilage and synovial membrane of the joints
Norwegian slitasjegikt
- slitasjegiktform of arthritis caused by chronic degeneration of the cartilage and synovial membrane of the joints
Polish choroba zwyrodnieniowa stawów
- choroba zwyrodnieniowa stawówform of arthritis caused by chronic degeneration of the cartilage and synovial membrane of the joints
Portuguese artrose
- artroseform of arthritis caused by chronic degeneration of the cartilage and synovial membrane of the joints
Romanian osteoartrită
- osteoartrităform of arthritis caused by chronic degeneration of the cartilage and synovial membrane of the joints
Russian остеоартри́т
- остеоартри́т (osteoartrít)form of arthritis caused by chronic degeneration of the cartilage and synovial membrane of the joints
Spanish artrosis
- artrosisform of arthritis caused by chronic degeneration of the cartilage and synovial membrane of the joints
Swedish artros
- artrosform of arthritis caused by chronic degeneration of the cartilage and synovial membrane of the joints
Turkish osteoartrit, artroz
- osteoartritform of arthritis caused by chronic degeneration of the cartilage and synovial membrane of the joints
- artrozform of arthritis caused by chronic degeneration of the cartilage and synovial membrane of the joints
Vietnamese thoái hóa khớp, viêm xương khớp
- thoái hóa khớpform of arthritis caused by chronic degeneration of the cartilage and synovial membrane of the joints
- viêm xương khớpform of arthritis caused by chronic degeneration of the cartilage and synovial membrane of the joints
Cite this entry
osteoarthritis. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/osteoarthritis
“osteoarthritis.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/osteoarthritis. Accessed November 4, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “osteoarthritis,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/osteoarthritis.
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