Arthrozoan

/ˌɑrθoʊˈzoʊən/ noun

Definition

A single parasitic animal that inhabits or infects joints.

Etymology

From Greek 'arthron' (joint) + 'zoon' (animal, singular). The singular form of arthrozoa, describing one joint-dwelling creature.

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Doctors in the 1800s thought certain joint diseases might be caused by invisible creatures living in your knees—while they were wrong about the creatures, they were onto something about infections!

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