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stiffness

[stif-nis] / ˈstɪf nɪs /


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They can include muscle and joint aches, stiffness and swelling, reduced strength and pins and needles.

From BBC ● Oct. 17, 2026

Arterial stiffness occurs when blood vessels become less flexible, making it harder for them to expand and contract as blood moves through the body.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 15, 2026

Deisseroth offered another example with Parkinson's disease, a progressive brain disorder that can cause shaking, stiffness and difficulty controlling movement.

From Barron's ● Oct. 6, 2026

The disease is marked by symptoms including tremor, stiffness, slow movement, gait and balance problems.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 23, 2026

But the stiffness in my joints suggests more than a day has passed, even two possibly.

From "The Hunger Games" by Suzanne Collins

Increasingly it was more difficult to fight the aches and stiffnesses which tried to keep her in bed in the morning—not that they ever succeeded.

From "East of Eden" by John Steinbeck

And the muslins and blue ribbons will be wonderful filmy creations, as different from the Early Victorian stiffnesses as anything you can possibly imagine.

From Betty Trevor by Victor Prout

The youthful works of genius are generally the best, their very crudities and stiffnesses adorable.

From The Altar Fire by Arthur Christopher Benson

He seems to have loved the very stiffnesses of the form in which he worked.

From Euripedes and His Age by Gilbert Murray

It blows fogs, foul vapours, joint- stiffnesses, agues, pestilences, over us here,—yes, here!

From The Adventures of Harry Richmond — Volume 4 by George Meredith


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