arthritic

Example Sentences

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But in 2024, she underwent surgery to rebuild her arthritic right knee, if only to improve her day-to-day life in retirement.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 7, 2026

O’Neal was playing with a badly aching arthritic big toe, a sprained wrist and a handful of unlisted bangs and bruises.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 13, 2025

Perhaps surprisingly, given the inflammatory pathways discussed above, the researchers also found a heightened risk of arthritic disorders in patients using GLP-1 drugs, compared to usual treatment.

From Salon • Jan. 24, 2025

This suggests that the new platform has immense potential to help researchers understand disease mechanisms and identify and test new therapies for arthritic diseases.

From Science Daily • Oct. 12, 2023

If I don’t know how my coworkers survive on their wages or what they make of our hellish condition, I do know about their back pains and cramps and arthritic attacks.

From "Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America" by Barbara Ehrenreich