Definition of Arthropathy

1. Noun. A pathology or abnormality of a joint.

Generic synonyms: Pathology

Definition of Arthropathy

1. n. Any disease of the joints.

Definition of Arthropathy

1. Noun. (medicine) Any of several diseases of a joint ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Arthropathy

1. [n -THIES]

Medical Definition of Arthropathy

1. Any disease that affects joints. Origin: Gr. Pathos = disease (11 Nov 1997)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Arthropathy

arthrolithiasis
arthrologia
arthrological
arthrology
arthrolysis
arthromere
arthromeres
arthromeric
arthrometer
arthrometry
arthronosos
arthropathia
arthropathia psoriatica
arthropathies
arthropathology
arthropathy (current term)
arthrophyma
arthrophyte
arthrophytes
arthroplast
arthroplasties
arthroplasts
arthroplasty
arthropleura
arthropneumoradiography
arthropod
arthropod family
arthropod genus
arthropod vectors
arthropod venoms

Literary usage of Arthropathy

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Principles and Practice of Medicine: Designed for the Use of by William Osler (1909)
"Marie has given the name hypertrophic pulmonary osteo-arthropathy to a remarkable disorder, first recognized by Bamberger, characterized by enlargement of ..."

2. Lectures on the diseases of the nervous system by Jean Martin Charcot (1881)
"This arthropathy is developed at a but slightly advanced period of the spinal ... Phases of ataxic arthropathy. Joints attacked. Its special characters. ..."

3. Lectures on diseases of the spinal cord by Pierre Marie (1895)
"Pathology of i/ibi/l arthropathy: different theories. A. The primary cause of the arthropathy is a nervous lesion (spinal cord, medulla oblongata, ..."

4. Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease by Philadelphia Neurological Society, American Neurological Association, Chicago Neurological Society, New York Neurological Association (1887)
"... arthropathy did not mean the same thing under all conditions. One of the patients, whose case was of ten years' standing, slipped and fell, ..."

5. Monographic Medicine by Albion Walter Hewlett, Henry Leopold Elsner (1916)
"X-ray will show no change in the bony articulation. arthropathy. ... Hypertrophic Pulmonary arthropathy Hypertrophic pulmonary arthropathy is a condition ..."

6. A Treatise on Orthopaedic Surgery by Royal Whitman (1919)
"SECONDARY HYPERTROPHIC OSTEO-arthropathy.i Osteo-arthropathy is an inflammatory ... Osteo-arthropathy is most common in young subjects and is usually a ..."

7. The Medical Clinics of North America by Michael C. Fiore, Stephen S. Entman, Charles B. Rush (1921)
"... DEVELOPMENT AND ASSOCIATION WITH HYPERTROPHIC PULMONARY OSTEO-arthropathy. ETIOLOGY THERE are a number of patients under our observation at present who ..."

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