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my granddaughter, B, had just been diagnosed with Pauciarticular Juvenile Rheumatoid Arthritis. the paciarticular part means pauci-(few) articluar (joints) pauci (as in paucity) has also has other meanings--like poor (with few worldly good)--pauper. paucity is not a common word (yet not a rare one either!) and its related words --are interesting.. http://www.bartleby.com/61/roots/IE377.html
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Sorry to hear about your granddaughter's recent diagnosis with RA.  On the subject of related words, the Parvovirus genus of viruses is so-named because it is one of the smallest viruses in nature.
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Poor thing indeed, Of Troy.
Does this mean that only a few of her joints are affected?
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sorry to hear that, Helen. best of love to her and yours.
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aw, that's tough, Helen - fond wishes to you both and I hope she finds some respite from the misery of joint problems.
Fascinating post - thanks for getting us to look at this group of words that we take so much for granted yet which have such surprising webs of interconnections.
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yes, the Pauciarticular of the name means exactly that, a few joints. unfortunately, RA is found on both sides of my sons family (my ex husband's aunts had childhood RA, and i had a 2nd cousin with the more sever form of Juvenile Rheumatoid Arthritis, (the many joint variety)(my family, including me) are plagued by arthritis-i can hardly think of a relative who doesn't have some form.
there is a genetic component to RA--but there are no clear patterns--it tends to run in families, but--there seems to be an inherited weakness, that needs to be triggered--you have to have a genetic marker, Plus a trigger.. but neither the marker or trigger have been identified (for most forms of RA) --
my DIL is trying to make light of it.. (there are many far worse things to beset a child) but it is a serious disease.
(but then, i am a bit of a worry wart!)
still it was the official title that caught my eye..
certainly paucity is word i know,(and it was clear before i looked the term up that the pauci of pauciarticular was a relation of paucity) but i can't think of the last time i used the word paucity... i looked up the root partly because i wondered were else it was used. i figured it was latin or greek (so many medical term have latin and/or greek roots.)--
it is facinating to see all the words that share the same roots.. and the way the meaning shifts and changes.
(this also helps distract me from worrying!)
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Quote:
it is facinating to see all the words that share the same roots.. and the way the meaning shifts and changes.
"Nam semper pauperes habetis vobiscum ..."?
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Si nummus loquitur, pauper tacet, hoc bene scitur.
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