Arthritic

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Arthritic \Ar*thrit"ic\, Arthritical \Ar*thrit"ic*al\, a. [L.
     arthriticus, Gr. 'arqritiko`s. See {Arthritis}.]
     1. Pertaining to the joints. [Obs.] --Sir T. Browne.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. Of or pertaining to arthritis; gouty. --Cowper.


        [1913 Webster]
  
     3. afflicted with arthritis.
  
     Syn: creaky, rheumatic, rheumatoid.
          [WordNet 1.5 +PJC]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  arthritic
       adj : of or pertaining to arthritis; "my creaky old joints";
             "rheumy with age and grief" [syn: {creaky}, {rheumatic},
              {rheumatoid}, {rheumy}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  53 Moby Thesaurus words for "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