polyarthritis

[ pol-ee-ahr-thrahy-tis ]

noun

, Pathology.

1. arthritis occurring in more than one joint.

Word History and Origins

Origin of polyarthritis¹

First recorded in 1895–1900; poly- + arthritis

Example Sentences

Gonorrhoea too is often associated with a febrile polyarthritis, and rarely with an endocarditis at the same time.

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It is more especially when pericarditis complicates rheumatic polyarthritis that pulmonary affections occur.

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The existence of polyarthritis, of peri- or endocarditis, of pneumonia or pleurisy, does not contraindicate the cold bathing.

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