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OSTEOARTHRITIS
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Chronic breakdown of cartilage in the joints; the most common form of arthritis occurring usually after middle age
Synonyms:
degenerative arthritis; degenerative joint disease; osteoarthritis
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Hypernyms ("osteoarthritis" is a kind of...):
arthritis (inflammation of a joint or joints)
Context examples:
The MMP3 gene is associated with osteoarthritis, rheumatoid arthritis and neoplasm invasiveness.
(MMP3 wt Allele, NCI Thesaurus)
Osteoarthritis, osteoporosis, and Alzheimer's disease are examples.
(Degenerative Disorder, NCI Dictionary)
For example, research in this arena will uncover new mechanisms of carcinogenesis and cardiovascular disease and will lead to better understanding of osteoarthritis, birth defects and growth disorders.
(New Approaches to Pathogenesis, NCI Thesaurus)
Women suffer from a higher incidence of chronic and inflammatory pain conditions such as fibromyalgia and osteoarthritis.
(Why Women May Feel More Pain Than Men, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)
The researchers evaluated the adhesion capacity and viability of healthy chondrocytes extracted from patients with osteoarthritis of the knee, screening over 380 different polyacrylate and polyurethane polymers.
(Scientists design a new hydrogel that helps regenerate cartilage, University of Granada)
In addition, the anthropological study has shown that these populations suffered from degenerative diseases such as osteoarthritis.
(The necropolis of El Barranquete in Níjar (Almería), proven to have been used for funerary rituals throughout the Bronze Age, University of Granada)
Osteoarthritis results from breakdown of cartilage.
(Cartilage Disorders, NIH: National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases)
Osteoarthritis is the most common type of arthritis. It's often related to aging or to an injury.
(Arthritis, NIH: National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases)
In newition, other SLRP-deficient mice develop a wide array of diseases (osteoporosis, osteoarthritis, muscular dystrophy, Ehlers-Danlos syndrome, and corneal diseases), most of them resulting primarily from an abnormal collagen fibrillogenesis.
(Function of SLRP in Bone Pathway, NCI Thesaurus/BIOCARTA)
A cyclooxygenase inhibiting, non-steroidal anti-inflammatory agent (NSAID) that is well established in treating rheumatoid arthritis and osteoarthritis and used for musculoskeletal disorders, dysmenorrhea, and postoperative pain.
(Piroxicam, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)
