Joint stiffness often accompanies joint pain and/or swelling. Depending on the cause of joint stiffness, joint redness, tenderness, warmth, tingling, or numbness of an affected area of the body may be present.Joint stiffness can be caused by injury or disease of the joint and is a common finding in the arthritis conditions.ometimes injuries or inflammation of the adjacent areas, such as bursae, can cause pain that may limit the movement of a joint and be perceived as joint stiffness. Joint pain is also referred to as arthralgia.
Freebase(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition: Arid. A region is arid when it is characterized by a severe lack of available water, to the extent of hindering or preventing the growth and development of plant and animal life. Environments subject to arid climates tend to lack vegetation and are called xeric or desertic.
Definition of DESERT. 1. a: arid land with usually sparse vegetation; especially: such land having a very warm climate and receiving less than 25 centimeters (10 inches) of sporadic rainfall annually b: an area of water apparently devoid of life.2. archaic: a wild uninhabited and uncultivated tract. âAndy Coghlan, New Scientist, 14-20 Oct. 2006. 2  The coastal plain is a desert in terms of precipitationâless than six inches fall annuallyâbut what falls as snow stays to be later distributed by the wind. â 3 John Hildebrand, Harper's, November 2003.