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arthritis
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[ noun ] (medicine) inflammation of a joint or joints
Used in print (Jack Kaplan, "The Health Machine Menace: Therapy by...)Says Wallace_F._Jannsen , director of the FDA 's Division_of_Public_Information : `` Quacks are apt to direct their appeal directly to older people , or to sufferers from chronic ailments such_as arthritis , rheumatism , diabetes , and cancer . (John Cheever, "The Brigadier and the Golf Widow,"...)Mrs._Hewlitt led the birthcontrol league , Mrs._Ryerson was arthritis , and way in the distance could be seen the slate_roof of Ethel_Littleton 's house , a roof that signified gout . |
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