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PREFERRED TERM

osteoarthritis

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Topic

DEFINITION

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.
Enfermedad articular progresiva y degenerativa. Es la forma más común de artritis, especialmente en los ancianos. Se cree que la enfermedad es resultado, no del proceso de envejecimiento, sino de los cambios bioquímicos y del estrés biomecánico que afecta al cartílago articular. En la literatura foránea se conoce a menudo como osteoartritis deformante.
The degree to which an agent possesses a specific destructive action on certain cells or the possession of such action.

BROADER CONCEPT

arthritis

ALTERNATIVE LABEL

degenerative arthritis
degenerative joint disease
osteoarthrosis

BELONGS TO GROUP

diseases

IN OTHER LANGUAGES

骨关节炎	Chinese
osteoartritida	Czech
osteoartritis	Dutch
Ostéoarthrite	French
Osteoarthritis	German
हड्डी जोड़ सम्बन्धी बीमारी	Hindi
osteoarthritis	Hungarian
Osteoartrite	Italian
骨関節炎	Japanese
골관절염	Korean
اُستئوآرتريت	Persian
Zapalenie kości i stawów	Polish
Osteoartrite	Portuguese
osteartrite
остеоартрит	Russian
osteoartritída	Slovak
osteoartritis	Spanish
ఎముకలు	Telugu
โรคข้อเสื่อม	Thai
osteoartritis	Turkish
osteoartrit
osteoartrită	mo

URI

http://id.agrisemantics.org/gacs/C16437

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http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_12987	aims.fao.org
http://id.cabi.org/cabt/83100	id.cabi.org
http://lod.nal.usda.gov/nalt/12459	lod.nal.usda.gov