Ar-thrĭ'tis, n.

n. [Lat. arthritis, Gr. ἀρθρῖτις (as if f. of ἀρθρίτης, belonging to the joints, sc. νόσος, disease), gout, from ἄρθρον, a joint, from ἀρεῖν, to join, to fit together.] (Med.) Any inflammation of the joints, particularly the gout, an hereditary, intermitting disease, usually affecting the small joints, sometimes the stomach.