form of arthritis
collocation in Englishmeaningsofformandarthritis
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form
noun
uk/fɔːm/us/fɔːrm/
a paper or set of papers printed with spaces in which answers to questions can be written or information can be recorded in an ...
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arthritis
noun[U]
uk/ɑːˈθraɪ.tɪs/us/ɑːrˈθraɪ.t̬əs/
a serious condition in which a person's joints (= the places where two bones are connected) become painful, swollen, ...
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Those people—for example, someone who had a very severeformofarthritis—would easily satisfy the test.
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I can say that from my own experience as a sufferer of acute ankylosing spondylitis, which is aformofarthritis.
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However, a very high percentage has someformofarthritis—nearly half the population.
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A total of 44 million days are lost to industry because people are away from work suffering from someformofarthritisor rheumatism.
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About 10 percent of the skeletons show signs of arthritis, some having aformofarthritisusually associated with old age.
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This is aformofarthritisthat primarily affects the spine, hips, and possibly other joints.
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Mars, who suffers from a rare hereditaryformofarthritiscalled ankylosing spondylitis, went into seclusion in 2001.
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Kramnik has been diagnosed with ankylosing spondylitis, an uncommonformofarthritis.
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The dysfunction also causes gout, aformofarthritisdue to the accumulation of uric acid crystals in the joints because of high acidity of the blood ("hyperuricemia").
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There is no cure, although joint replacement helps, and we still do not know the cause of many forms of arthritis.
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There is no national service framework for rheumatoid arthritis, other forms of arthritis and musculo-skeletal conditions.
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Its claimed beneficial effects are on bone healing and the prevention and correction of many forms of arthritis.
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Research evidence suggests that osteoarthritis and rheumatoid arthritis are the most common forms of arthritis.
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Joint replacement surgery may be required in eroding forms of arthritis.
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Lesions can also be caused by metabolic processes, like an ulcer or autoimmune activity, as in the case with many forms of arthritis.
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Other forms of arthritis are rheumatoid arthritis and psoriatic arthritis, which are autoimmune diseases in which the body is attacking itself.
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The precise reasons why sulfasalazine are effective in various forms of arthritis is not clearly understood.
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The symptoms can be similar to many other forms of arthritis or other auto-immune diseases.
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There are over 100 different forms of arthritis.
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Wright accurately predicted genetic links between different forms of arthritis prior to the development of laboratory tests which would later prove him correct.
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