Concept information
Preferred term
Osteoarthritis
Type
-
Topical Descriptor
Broader concept
Narrower concepts
Entry terms
- Arthritides, Degenerative
- Arthritis, Degenerative
- Degenerative Arthritides
- Degenerative Arthritis
- Osteoarthroses
- Osteoarthrosis
Scope note
- A progressive, degenerative joint disease, the most common form of arthritis, especially in older persons. The disease is thought to result not from the aging process but from biochemical changes and biomechanical stresses affecting articular cartilage. In the foreign literature it is often called osteoarthrosis deformans.
History note
- 2013; for Arthrosis use Joint Diseases 2017-2019
In other languages
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Finnish
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arthrosis
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arthrosis non specificata
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artroosi
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määrittämätön nivelrikko
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nivelkuluma
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nivelrappeuma
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osteoarthritis
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osteoartriitti
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Swedish
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Degenerativ artrit
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Degenerativ ledsjukdom
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Osteoarthrosis Deformans
URI
http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D010003
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