osteoarthritis

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os·te·o·ar·thri·tis /ˌɒstiəʊɑːˈθraɪtɪs $ ˌɑːstioʊɑːr-/ noun [uncountable] MIa medical condition which makes your knees and other joints stiff and painful 骨关节炎

Examples from the Corpus

osteoarthritis• The patients studied suffered from either osteoarthritis or rheumatoid arthritis.• More than 1,000,000 people in Britain suffer from rheumatoid arthritis and a further five million have osteoarthritis.• A more recent trial in osteoarthritis showed no effect from Rhus toxicodendron when compared with placebo.• Patients with osteoarthritis have a progressive destruction of joint tissue which can be exactly quantified.

os·te·o·ar·thri·tis nounChineseSyllable

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osteoarthritis
os‧te‧o‧ar‧thri‧tis /ˌɒstiəʊɑːˈθraɪtəs, ˌɒstiəʊɑːˈθraɪtɪs $ ˌɑːstioʊɑːr-/

noun [uncountable]
a medical condition which makes your knees and other joints stiff and painful

osteo·arth·ritis

BrE

/ˌɒstiəʊɑːˈθraɪtɪs/

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NAmE

/ˌɑːstioʊɑːrˈθraɪtɪs/

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noun

[uncountable]

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medical 医学

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a disease that causes painful swelling and permanent damage in the joints of the body, especially the hips, knees and thumbs 骨关节炎；骨性关节炎