It is a combination of 2 words and a suffix "osteo" meaning bone; "arthro" meaning joint and "itis" meaning inflammation.
Answer2: The word Arthritis is taken from Greek words meaning inflamed joints and is associated with a group of well over 100 rheumatic diseases and conditions. (see 12/8/01 Awake on Jehovah's Witnesses official website Understanding Arthritis)
Osteoarthritis is a SKELETAL disorder.
Yes any injury to sites that involve the joints can lead to osteoarthritis.
perhaps it is not osteoarthritis have you been checked out for Rheumatoid arthritis yet?
Osteoarthritis is not caused by a lack of calcium. Osteoarthritis is the result of the wearing down of cartilage in the joints of the body and is most prevalent in the big weight bearing joints.
yes
Degenerative arthritis is another name for Osteoarthritis. Osteoarthritis will create bone spurs but then so will other forms of arthritis.
The medical term for the form of arthritis that is commonly known as wear-and-tear arthritis is osteoarthritis.
"degenerative arthritis" and "osteoarthritis"
osteoarthritis affecting many vertebrae.
Osteoarthritis is a SKELETAL disorder.
Bristol University - Obesity and osteoarthritis
When you consider that Osteoarthritis had been with us since before man turned int man I suspect that that name would have been lost in the mists of time a long time ago.
perhaps it is not osteoarthritis have you been checked out for Rheumatoid arthritis yet?
Yes any injury to sites that involve the joints can lead to osteoarthritis.
It can certainly be involved in the formation of osteoarthritis.
Osteoarthritis is adisorder of the joints characterized by progressive deterioration of articular cartilage.
Osteoarthritis can not be cured, however there are quite a few things that can be done to help the sufferer of osteoarthritis. Go to the link below (Osteoarthritis treatments) for information that may be helpfull.