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But no one really cared about pitch counts in that era, which could help explain why Koufax retired in the fall of ’66 at the age of 30, having pitched his last two seasons with an arthritic condition in a left elbow that Scully once remarked looked like a comma.
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Jim Alexander, Oc Register, 8 Sep. 2025
Similarly, Sam Farber, founder of the kitchenware company OXO, noticed that his arthritic wife struggled to use traditional kitchen tools.
—David Henkin, Forbes.com, 12 Aug. 2025
In a clinical trial, elderly people immobilized by arthritic knees, an impediment that hastens muscle wasting, experienced six-per-cent growth in their leg muscles.
—Tad Friend, New Yorker, 4 Aug. 2025
The maximum dose that Harvard lists is one 500 mg capsule of curcumin extract — the active ingredient that gives turmeric its signature color — twice a day for arthritic pain.
—Cara Lynn Shultz, People.com, 11 July 2025
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Jim Alexander, Oc Register, 8 Sep. 2025
Similarly, Sam Farber, founder of the kitchenware company OXO, noticed that his arthritic wife struggled to use traditional kitchen tools.
—David Henkin, Forbes.com, 12 Aug. 2025
In a clinical trial, elderly people immobilized by arthritic knees, an impediment that hastens muscle wasting, experienced six-per-cent growth in their leg muscles.
—Tad Friend, New Yorker, 4 Aug. 2025
The maximum dose that Harvard lists is one 500 mg capsule of curcumin extract — the active ingredient that gives turmeric its signature color — twice a day for arthritic pain.
—Cara Lynn Shultz, People.com, 11 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for arthritic
rheumatic
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The Dallas teen’s dream was put on hold when was diagnosed with rheumatic heart disease.—
Brayden Garcia,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
25 Nov. 2025
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The water is said to offer relief to skin, cardiovascular and rheumatic complaints.—
Barry Neild,
CNN Money,
27 Oct. 2025
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“Arthritic.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/arthritic. Accessed 23 Jan. 2026.
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