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ATROPHIC ARTHRITIS
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A chronic autoimmune disease with inflammation of the joints and marked deformities; something (possibly a virus) triggers an attack on the synovium by the immune system, which releases cytokines that stimulate an inflammatory reaction that can lead to the destruction of all components of the joint
Synonyms:
atrophic arthritis; rheumatism; rheumatoid arthritis
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Hypernyms ("atrophic arthritis" is a kind of...):
arthritis (inflammation of a joint or joints)
autoimmune disease; autoimmune disorder (any of a large group of diseases characterized by abnormal functioning of the immune system that causes your immune system to produce antibodies against your own tissues)
Domain category:
virus ((virology) ultramicroscopic infectious agent that replicates itself only within cells of living hosts; many are pathogenic; a piece of nucleic acid (DNA or RNA) wrapped in a thin coat of protein)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "atrophic arthritis"):
psoriatic arthritis (a form of rheumatoid arthritis usually affecting fingers and toes and associated with psoriasis)
juvenile rheumatoid arthritis; Still's disease (a form of rheumatoid arthritis that affects children; large joints become inflamed and bone growth may be retarded)
