Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

osteoarthritic

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.32 in modern English

Syllables: os-teoarthrit-ic
IPA

19

Scrabble Score

14

Letters

3

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Affected with osteoarthritis.

noun

One who has osteoarthritis.

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₃ésth₁ Ancient Greek ὀστέον (ostéon)der. English osteo- English arthritic English osteoarthritic From osteo- + arthritic.

Inflected Forms

more osteoarthritic (comparative) most osteoarthritic (superlative) osteoarthritics (plural)

Derived Forms

antiosteoarthritic

Questions

What does osteoarthritic mean?: Affected with osteoarthritis.
Where does osteoarthritic come from?: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₃ésth₁ Ancient Greek ὀστέον (ostéon)der. English osteo- English arthritic English osteoarthritic From osteo- + arthritic.

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