arthritis

(ar-thri'(thre')tis) [G. arthron, joint, -it is.'\ Inflammation of a joint, a. def or'mans, a chronic disease, of vmcertain origin, affecting the structures of one or more of the joints, producing deformity and lo of function, a. def or'mans juveni'lis, Perthes-Legg disease, chronic deforming osteochondritis occurring in early life. a. fungo'sa, white swelling; chronic inflammation, usually tuberculous, of a joint, commonly the knee, with proliferation of the synovial fringes producing a boggy