acute arthritis


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acute arthritis

[ə′kyüt ärth′rīd·əs]
(medicine)
A severe joint inflammation with a short course.
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It is marked by transient painful attacks of acute arthritis initiated by crystallization of urates within and about the joints and can eventually lead to chronic gouty arthritis and the deposition of masses of urates in joints and other sites, sometimes creating tophi.
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The disgraced GP suffered gout, asthma and acute arthritis.
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