What does Arthridite mean?!


Question: What does Arthridite mean!?
I have looked in medical dictionaries but none have this word!. I have it on a mock exam paper I have been given!. Also, what Arthridites are there!?Www@Answer-Health@Com


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Arthritides is the plural of arthritis!. Here is the breakdown!.
arthr- is a root term meaning joint
-itis is a suffix meaning inflammation of
Some words ending in -is are made plural by dropping the -is and adding -ides, which is the case for words ending in -itis!.
Arthr/itis means inflammation of a joint!.
Arthr/it/ides means inflamed joints!.
Examples of other medical terms pluralized in this way are :
iris!.!.!.!.iritides
epididymis!.!.!.!.epididymides
The -ides is pronounced as two syllables!.!.!.!.id - eez
There are as many arthritides as there are joints to be inflamed!.Www@Answer-Health@Com

There is no such word in the English dictionaries including the medical dictionary!.
Do you mean "Aphrodite"!?
Aphrodite is the classical Greek goddess of love, lust, beauty, and sexual reproduction!.Www@Answer-Health@Com

I suspect you might mean "arthritide"!.

This is a skin eruption, possibly of rheumatic origin!.Www@Answer-Health@Com

http://cancerweb!.ncl!.ac!.uk/cgi-bin/omd!?o!.!.!.Www@Answer-Health@Com

You might want to talk to your teacher to see if it's been a mistype!.
I often gets US History exams that are completely bogus because he can't spell or type very well!. :PWww@Answer-Health@Com





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