arthritis
any of several joint disorders, some autoimmune, some infectious
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Summary
arthritis is a class of disease[1]. arthritis ranks in the top 0.051% of class of disease entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (10,417 views/month, #1 of 1,968).[2]
Key Facts
- Instance of: symptom or sign[3]
- Subclass of: bone inflammation disease[4], inflammatory disease[5], arthropathy[6], musculoskeletal system symptom[7]
- Commons category: Arthritis[8]
- Said to be the same as: Q13037173[9]
- ICPC 2 ID: L70[10]
- Symptoms and signs: joint inflammation[11]
- Topic's main category: Category:Arthritis[12]
- Anatomical location: joint[13]
- Described by source: Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[14], Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[15], Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[16], The Domestic Encyclopædia; Or, A Dictionary Of Facts, And Useful Knowledge[17], Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 6[18]
- NCI Thesaurus ID: C2883[19]
- Health specialty: rheumatology[20]
- Drug or therapy used for treatment: salsalate[21], alpha-linolenic acid[22], meclofenamic acid[23], golimumab[24], adalimumab[25], methylprednisolone[26], abatacept[27], pregabalin[28], celecoxib[29], leflunomide[30], meloxicam[31], hydroxychloroquine[32], gabapentin[33], methotrexate[34]
- Exact match: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/DOID_848[35], http://identifiers.org/doid/DOID:848[36], http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/HP_0001369[37]
Why It Matters
arthritis has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[38] arthritis is known by 53 alternative names across languages and contexts.[39]