Usually means: Degenerative joint disease causing pain.
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General (19 matching dictionaries)
  1. osteoarthritis: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. osteoarthritis: Merriam-Webster
  3. osteoarthritis: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. osteoarthritis: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  5. osteoarthritis: Collins English Dictionary
  6. osteoarthritis: Vocabulary.com
  7. Osteoarthritis, osteoarthritis: Wordnik
  8. osteoarthritis: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  9. osteoarthritis: Wiktionary
  10. osteoarthritis: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  11. osteoarthritis: Infoplease Dictionary
  12. osteoarthritis: Dictionary.com
  13. Osteoarthritis: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  14. osteoarthritis: Rhymezone
  15. osteoarthritis: FreeDictionary.org
  16. osteoarthritis: Mnemonic Dictionary
  17. osteoarthritis: TheFreeDictionary.com

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. osteoarthritis: Encyclopedia

Medicine (15 matching dictionaries)
  1. osteoarthritis: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary (No longer online)
  3. Osteoarthritis: MedTerms.com Medical Dictionary
  4. Medical Dictionary (No longer online)
  5. Osteoarthritis: Merck Manuals
  6. online medical dictionary (No longer online)
  7. Health and Wellness Dictionary (No longer online)
  8. Probert Encyclopaedia of Medicine (No longer online)
  9. Specific Diseases/Disorders (No longer online)
  10. Medical Device Glossary of Terms (No longer online)
  11. Osteoarthritis: MEDLINE plus Illustrated Medical Encyclopedia
  12. osteoarthritis: Medical dictionary
  13. University of Maryland Glossary of Medical Terms (No longer online)
  14. Osteoarthritis: Conditions of the Foot and Ankle
  15. Osteoarthritis: Drug Medical Dictionary

Science (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Agricultural Thesaurus and Glossary (No longer online)

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▸ 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.

Similar:
degenerative arthritis, degenerative joint disease, arthrosis, osteoarthralgia, osteoarthropathy, osteoarthrosis, arthrosclerosis, arthritis, acroarthritis, oligoarthralgia, more...

Opposite:
joint inflammation, autoimmune disorder

Types:
primary, secondary, tertiary, traumatic, degenerative, more...

Phrases:
knee osteoarthritis, degenerative osteoarthritis, hip osteoarthritis, cervical osteoarthritis, chronic progressive osteoarthritis, more...

Adjectives:
primary, secondary, severe, degenerative, early, erosive, cervical, joint, advanced, experimental, generalized

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Similar:
degenerative arthritis, degenerative joint disease, arthrosis, osteoarthralgia, osteoarthropathy, osteoarthrosis, arthrosclerosis, arthritis, acroarthritis, oligoarthralgia, more...

Opposite:
joint inflammation, autoimmune disorder

Types:
primary, secondary, tertiary, traumatic, degenerative, more...

Phrases:
knee osteoarthritis, degenerative osteoarthritis, hip osteoarthritis, cervical osteoarthritis, chronic progressive osteoarthritis, inherited osteoarthritis, Wrist osteoarthritis, more...

Adjectives:
primary, secondary, severe, degenerative, early, erosive, cervical, joint, advanced, experimental, generalized

Colors:
    blue,     gray,     silver,     white,     beige, more...



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