noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   An affliction characterized by pain in or around a joint, not dependent upon structural disease like arthritis. archaic, uncountable

Synonyms

All synonyms

arthralgia

Etymology

From New Latin, from Ancient Greek ἄρθρον (árthron, “joint”) + ὀδύνη (odúnē, “pain”).

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