- long-leg a. a degenerative joint disease that develops, after many years, in the hip and/or knee of the longer leg of a person with unequal leg lengths.
- neuropathic a. SYN: neuropathic joint.
- static a. secondary involvement of a joint following disease in a joint of the same extremity; e.g., knee or ankle involvement in hip disease.
- tabetic a. a neuropathic a. that occurs with tabes dorsalis (tabetic neurosyphilis). SEE ALSO: neuropathic joint.
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any disease or disorder involving a joint.
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ar·throp·a·thy (ahr-thropґə-the) [arthro- + -pathy] any joint disease. arthropathic adjMedical dictionary. 2011.