| arthritic | | |
| n. (person) | 1. arthritic | a person afflicted with arthritis.; "the hands of an elderly arthritic" |
| ~ patient | a person who requires medical care.; "the number of emergency patients has grown rapidly" |
| adj. | 2. arthritic, creaky, rheumatic, rheumatoid, rheumy | of or pertaining to arthritis.; "my creaky old joints"; "rheumy with age and grief" |
| ~ unhealthy | not in or exhibiting good health in body or mind.; "unhealthy ulcers" |
| rheumatic | | |
| n. (person) | 1. rheumatic | a person suffering with rheumatism. |
| ~ diseased person, sick person, sufferer | a person suffering from an illness. |
| rheumatism | | |
| n. (state) | 1. rheumatism | any painful disorder of the joints or muscles or connective tissues. |
| ~ disease | an impairment of health or a condition of abnormal functioning. |
| n. (state) | 2. atrophic arthritis, rheumatism, rheumatoid arthritis | a 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. |
| ~ virus | (virology) ultramicroscopic infectious agent that replicates itself only within cells of living hosts; many are pathogenic; a piece of nucleic acid (DNA or RNA) wrapped in a thin coat of protein. |
| ~ arthritis | inflammation of a joint or joints. |
| ~ autoimmune disease, autoimmune disorder | any of a large group of diseases characterized by abnormal functioning of the immune system that causes your immune system to produce antibodies against your own tissues. |
| ~ psoriatic arthritis | a form of rheumatoid arthritis usually affecting fingers and toes and associated with psoriasis. |
| ~ juvenile rheumatoid arthritis, still's disease | a form of rheumatoid arthritis that affects children; large joints become inflamed and bone growth may be retarded. |
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