arthritic

arthritic
    adj 1: of or pertaining to arthritis; "my creaky old joints";
           "rheumy with age and grief" [syn: {arthritic}, {creaky},
           {rheumatic}, {rheumatoid}, {rheumy}]
    n 1: a person afflicted with arthritis; "the hands of an elderly
         arthritic"
    

Arthritic \Ar*thrit"ic\, Arthritical \Ar*thrit"ic*al\, a. [L.
   arthriticus, Gr. 'arqritiko`s. See {Arthritis}.]
   1. Pertaining to the joints. [Obs.] --Sir T. Browne.
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   2. Of or pertaining to arthritis; gouty. --Cowper.
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   3. afflicted with arthritis.

   Syn: creaky, rheumatic, rheumatoid.
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