Arthritis Overview. Common arthritis symptoms of pain and stiffness are usually caused by degenerative arthritis (osteoarthritis). The more than 100 types of arthritis include rheumatoid arthritis and gout. A diagnosis is necessary in order to develop a treatment plan.
Noun. 1. homonym-two words are homonyms if they are pronounced or spelled the same way but have different meanings. word-a unit of language that native speakers can identify; words are the blocks from which sentences are made; he hardly said ten words all morning.om`oâ¢nymâ²ic, adj. syn: homonym, homophone, and homograph designate words that are identical to other words in spelling or pronunciation, or both, while differing from them in meaning and usu. in origin. homophones are words that sound alike, whether or not they are spelled differently.
Meaning: A function word that is used in place of a noun or noun phrase. Classified under: Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents. Hypernyms (pronoun is a kind of...): closed-class word; function word (a word that is uninflected and serves a grammatical function but has little identifiable meaning).