arthritis: [16] Greek árthron meant ‘joint’ (it is used in various technical terms in biology, such as arthropod ‘creature, such as an insect, with jointed limbs’). It came from the Indo-European root *ar- ‘put things together, join, fit’, which also produced Latin artus ‘limb’ (source of English article) and English arm, as well as art. The compound arthritis is a Greek formation (-itis was originally simply an adjectival suffix, so arthritis meant ‘of the joints’ – with ‘disease’ understood; its application to ‘inflammatory diseases’ is a relatively modern development); it reached English via Latin. => arm, art, article
arthritis (n.)
"inflammation of a joint," 1540s, from medical Latin arthritis, from Greek (nosos) arthritis "(disease) of the joints," from arthritis, fem. of arthrites (adj.) "pertaining to joints" (Greek nosos is a fem. noun), from arthron "a joint" (see arm (n.1)).
中文解释
1. arthr- + -itis (inflammatory disease suffix).2. => inflammation of a joint.3. artus "a joint" => art- "a joint" => arthr-. <= arm.
实用例句
1. New ways to treat arthritis may provide an alternative to painkillers.
关节炎的新疗法可能是止痛药之外的另一种选择。
来自柯林斯例句
2. Some cases of arthritis respond to a gluten-free diet.
无麸质饮食对一些关节炎患者有疗效。
来自柯林斯例句
3. Arthritis and rheumatism are prominent crippling diseases.
关节炎和风湿病是会严重损害身体健康的主要疾病。
来自柯林斯例句
4. degenerative diseases such as arthritis
诸如关节炎之类的变性病
来自《权威词典》
5. Rheumatoid arthritis has also been linked with the virus.
