a. and sb. ? Obs. [f. prec. + -AL.]
A. adj. 1. = ARTHRITIC.
1528. Paynell, Salerne Regim., R iij b. Vexynge with arteticall grefes.
1656. Ridgley, Pract. Physic, 18. One man will be Arthritical, another not.
1791. Newte, Tour Eng. & Scot., 189. The sovereign alleviation of rheumatic and arthritical pain.
† 2. Of the nature of a joint, articular. Obs. rare.
1646. Sir T. Browne, Pseud. Ep., 104. Though some want bones, and all extended articulations, yet have they arthriticall analogies.
† B. as sb. A remedy for affections of the joints.
1671. Salmon, Syn. Med., III. xv. 359. Arthriticals are such Medicines as are appropriated to the Ioynts.
