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Definition of Atrophic arthritis
1. Noun. 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.
Category relationships: Virus
Generic synonyms: Arthritis, Autoimmune Disease, Autoimmune Disorder
Specialized synonyms: Psoriatic Arthritis, Juvenile Rheumatoid Arthritis, Still's Disease
Derivative terms: Rheumatic
Medical Definition of Atrophic arthritis
1. An obsolete term for arthritis without new bone formation, now usually called rheumatoid arthritis. (05 Mar 2000)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Atrophic Arthritis
Literary usage of Atrophic arthritis
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Buffalo Medical Journal (1906)
"It is a pro- Fig, L atrophic arthritis: Showing apparent swelling, but real
atrophy and telescoping of the ..."
2. A Manual of Modern Surgery: An Exposition of the Accepted Doctrines and by John Bingham Roberts (1890)
"atrophic arthritis. The first symptoms of osteo-arthritis are dull, aching pains
in the joints hortly followed by pain and creaking upon motion. ..."
3. Monographic Medicine by William Robie Patten Emerson, Guido Guerrini, William Brown, Wendell Christopher Phillips, John Whitridge Williams, John Appleton Swett, Hans Günther, Mario Mariotti, Hugh Grant Rowell (1916)
"The subvariety (b) is the so-called dry form, and corresponds to the "atrophic
arthritis'' of Goldthwait, the "atrophic type of arthritis deformans" of T. ..."
4. The Oxford Medicine by Henry Asbury Christian, James Mackenzie (1920)
"For atrophic arthritis massage alone is useless. ... In the management of atrophic
arthritis general massage often can be employed advantageously in ..."
5. The Prophylaxis and Treatment of Internal Disease: Designed for the Use of by Frederick Forchheimer (1910)
"atrophic arthritis. (Rheumatoid Arthritis.)—For the purpose of medical ...
In atrophic arthritis, on the other hand, the local treatment should he of a ..."
6. A Layman's Handbook of Medicine: With Special Reference to Social Workers by Richard Clarke Cabot (1916)
"(3) atrophic arthritis, which means that the bone shrivels or goes to pieces, so
that the ends of the bones telescope into each other. (4) Gouty arthritis. ..."
7. A Practical Treatise on Medical Diagnosis for Students and Physicians by John Herr Musser (1913)
"Futcher classifies the disease under three heads: (1) atrophic arthritis; (2)
hypertrophic arthritis; (3) chronic villous arthritis. 1. atrophic arthritis. ..."
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