comb. form of Gr. ἄρθρον joint, as in:
Arthrodynic, a. Path. [Gr. ὀδύνη pain], of or pertaining to Arthrodynia, i.e., pain in the joints, chronic rheumatism. Arthrography [see -GRAPHY], systematic description of the joints. Arthropathy [see -PATHY], painful affection of the joints. ǁ Arthrosia. [mod. L.] = ARTHRITIS (Mayne, Exp. Lex., 1853). Arthrosis [L., a. Gr. ἄρθρωσις], articulation, connection by a joint. Arthrostome, Zool. [Gr. στόμα mouth], name given by L. Agassiz to the mouth of the Arthropoda. Arthrozoic a. Zool. [Gr. ζωικός of an animal], applied by Huxley to his sixth series of the Metazoa, containing the Arthropoda, Nematoscolices, etc.
1849. Smart, Arthrodynic.
1878. A. M. Hamilton, Nerv. Dis., 279. During life the evidences of such arthropathies are sometimes numerous.
1634. T. Johnson, trans. Parey’s Chirurg., VI. xlii. (1678), 165. All the bones are composed after two sorts … by Arthrosis, an Articulation or joynt, and by Symphysis.
1874. Roosa, Dis. Ear, 202. The joint between the processus lenticularis of the incus and the head of the stapes is an arthrosis.
1877. Huxley, Anat. Inv. Anim., xii. 680. The lowest known term of the Arthrozoic Series is a Nematoid worm.
