Arthritis is inflammation of one or more of your joints. The main symptoms of arthritis are joint pain and stiffness, which typically worsen with age. The most common types of arthritis are osteoarthritis and rheumatoid arthritis. Osteoarthritis causes cartilage â the hard, slippery tissue that covers the ends of bones where they form a joint â to break down.
Definition of transient. 1  1 : one that is transient (see 1transient): such asa : a guest or boarder who stays only brieflyb : a person traveling about usually in search of work. 2  2a : a temporary oscillation that occurs in a circuit because of a sudden change of voltage or of loadb : a transient current or voltage.
Passing before the sight or perception, or, as it were, moving over or across a space or scene viewed, and then disappearing; hence, of short duration; not permanent; not lasting or durable; not stationary; passing; fleeting; brief; transitory; as, transient pleasure. 2. Hasty; momentary; imperfect; brief; as, a transient view of a landscape.