ARTHROPATHY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does arthropathy mean? 

• ARTHROPATHY (noun)
  The noun ARTHROPATHY has 1 sense:

1. a pathology or abnormality of a joint

  Familiarity information: ARTHROPATHY used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ARTHROPATHY (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A pathology or abnormality of a joint

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Hypernyms ("arthropathy" is a kind of...):

pathology (any deviation from a healthy or normal condition)

 Context examples 

A form of nonthrombocytopenic purpura due to a hypersensitivity vasculitis associated with a variety of clinical symptoms including urticaria and erythema, arthropathy and arthritis, gastrointestinal symptoms, and renal involvement.

(Henoch-Schonlein Purpura, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)