HOW TO PRONOUNCE
arthritis
/ɑɹˈθɹaɪtəs/
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Make the “rye” sound stand out.
Keep the unvoiced th sound before r. The stressed vowel glides as in eye; the final syllable stays light in both pronunciations.
3 syllables · Stress on syllable 2
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“Arthritis makes it difficult for him to open jars.”
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CMU Pronouncing Dictionary ↗What does arthritis mean?
noun
- Inflammation of a joint or joints causing pain and/or disability, swelling and stiffness, and due to various causes such as infection, trauma, degenerative changes or metabolic disorders: any of several disease entities.
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IPA pronunciation
/ɑɹˈθɹaɪtəs/
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Paullini mentions a case the result of masturbation, and Hunter speaks of torsion of the penis associated with arthritis.
It is interesting to note that the "determinative" of old age in hieroglyphic writing is the picture of a man afflicted with arthritis deformans.