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arthritic
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun arthritic has 1 sense
- arthritic(n = noun.person) Array - a person afflicted with arthritis; "the hands of an elderly arthritic" is a kind of patient
Derived form noun arthritis1
Adjective arthritic has 1 sense
- arthritic(s = adj.all) creaky, rheumatic, rheumatoid, rheumy - of or pertaining to arthritis; "my creaky old joints"; "rheumy with age and grief" Derived form noun arthritis1
CIDE DICTIONARY
arthritic, a. [L. arthriticus, Gr. 'arqritiko`s. See Arthritis.].
- Pertaining to the joints. Sir T. Browne. [1913 Webster]
- Of or pertaining to arthritis; gouty. Cowper. [1913 Webster]
- afflicted with arthritis. [WordNet 1.5]
THESAURUS
arthritic
allergic, anemic, apoplectic, bilious, cancerous, case, chlorotic, colicky, consumptive, dropsical, dyspeptic, edematous, encephalitic, epileptic, incurable, inpatient, invalid, laryngitic, leprous, luetic, malarial, malignant, measly, nephritic, neuralgic, neuritic, outpatient, palsied, paralytic, patient, phthisic, pleuritic, pneumonic, pocky, podagric, rachitic, rheumatic, rickety, scorbutic, scrofulous, shut-in, sick person, spastic, sufferer, tabetic, tabid, terminal case, the sick, tubercular, tuberculous, tumorigenic, tumorous, valetudinarian
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