Associations to the word «Osteoarthritis»

Wiktionary

OSTEOARTHRITIS, noun. (pathology) A 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.

Dictionary definition

OSTEOARTHRITIS, noun. Chronic breakdown of cartilage in the joints; the most common form of arthritis occurring usually after middle age.

Wise words

In words, as fashions, the same rule will hold; Alike fantastic, if too new, or old: Be not the first by whom the new are tried, Nor yet the last to lay the old aside.
Alexander Pope