Meanings
plural rheumatoid arthritides
- uncountableusuallymedicineA chronic and progressive disease in which the immune system attacks the joints. It is characterised by pain, inflammation and swelling of the joints, stiffness, weakness, loss of mobility and deformity. Tissues throughout the body can be affected, including the skin, blood vessels, heart, lungs, and muscles.
1 more example
Juvenile rheumatoid arthritis (JRA), often referred to by doctors today as juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA), is a type of arthritis that causes joint inflammation and stiffness for more than six weeks in a child aged 16 or younger. It affects approximately 50,000 children in the United States. Inflammation causes redness, swelling, warmth, and soreness in the joints, although many children with JRA do not complain of joint pain.
2024 September 6, David Zelman, “Understanding Juvenile Rheumatoid Arthritis -- the Basics”, in WebMDSynonyms: atrophic arthritis, rheumarthritis
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA chronic and progressive disease in which the immune system attacks the joints. It is characterised by pain, inflammation and swelling of the joints, stiffness, weakness, loss of mobility and deformity. Tissues throughout the body can be affected, including the skin, blood vessels, heart, lungs, and muscles.
More synonyms by meaning
nouna chronic autoimmune disease with inflammation of the joints and marked deformities; something (possibly a virus) triggers an attack on the synovium by the immune system, which releases cytokines that stimulate an inflammatory reaction that can lead to the destruction of all components of the joint
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Translations
Arabic الدَّاء الرَثَيَانِيّ, اِلْتِهَاب المَفَاصِل الرُّومَاتُويِدِيّ
- الدَّاء الرَثَيَانِيّ (ad-dāʔ ar-raṯayāniyy)chronic and progressive disease
- اِلْتِهَاب المَفَاصِل الرُّومَاتُويِدِيّ (iltihāb al-mafāṣil ar-rūmātūyidiyy)chronic and progressive disease
Chinese Mandarin 類風濕性關節炎 /类风湿性关节炎
- 類風濕性關節炎 /类风湿性关节炎 (lèifēngshīxìng guānjiéyán)chronic and progressive disease
Czech revmatoidní artritida
- revmatoidní artritidachronic and progressive disease
Danish leddegigt
- leddegigtchronic and progressive disease
Finnish nivelreuma
- nivelreumachronic and progressive disease
French polyarthrite rhumatoïde
- polyarthrite rhumatoïdechronic and progressive disease
Hungarian reumatoid artritisz
- reumatoid artritiszchronic and progressive disease
Italian artrite reumatoide
- artrite reumatoidechronic and progressive disease
Japanese 関節リウマチ
- 関節リウマチ (kansetsu-riumachi)chronic and progressive disease
Norwegian leddgikt
- leddgiktchronic and progressive disease
Polish reumatoidalne zapalenie stawów
- reumatoidalne zapalenie stawówchronic and progressive disease
Russian ревмато́идный артри́т
- ревмато́идный артри́т (revmatóidnyj artrít)chronic and progressive disease
Scottish Gaelic siataig, lòinidh
- siataigchronic and progressive disease
- lòinidhchronic and progressive disease
Spanish artritis reumatoide
- artritis reumatoidechronic and progressive disease
Swedish reumatoid artrit, kronisk ledgångsreumatism
- reumatoid artritchronic and progressive disease
- kronisk ledgångsreumatismchronic and progressive disease
- ledgångsreumatismchronic and progressive disease
Turkish romatoid artrit
- romatoid artritchronic and progressive disease
Vietnamese viêm khớp dạng thấp
- viêm khớp dạng thấpchronic and progressive disease
Cite this entry
rheumatoid arthritis. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/rheumatoid%20arthritis
“rheumatoid arthritis.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/rheumatoid%20arthritis. Accessed November 5, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “rheumatoid arthritis,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/rheumatoid%20arthritis.
Source: rheumatoid arthritis on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.