From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishosteoarthritisos‧te‧o‧ar‧thri‧tis /ˌɒstiəʊɑːˈθraɪtɪs $ ˌɑːstioʊɑːr-/ noun [uncountable] MIa medical condition which makes your knees and other joints stiff and painful
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osteoarthritis• The patients studied suffered from either osteoarthritis or rheumatoid arthritis.• More than 1,000,000 people in Britain suffer from rheumatoid arthritis and a further five million have osteoarthritis.• A more recent trial in osteoarthritis showed no effect from Rhus toxicodendron when compared with placebo.• Patients with osteoarthritis have a progressive destruction of joint tissue which can be exactly quantified. 