~ ARTHR~     id+ | prefix for JOINT | or
~ ARTHRO~    same
~ ARTHRITIS  id+ | INFLAMED JOINTS | from
             lat ARTUS        = JOINT or
~ ARTHRON    gr  ARTHRON        ARTICULATION
                 ARTHRO         A DIMINUTIVE
             lat ARTICULUS      ARTICLE for
                                PIECED TOGETHER
             sp  ARTICULACION  JOINT
~ ARTHRON    gr  JOINT         sug> HINGE
             lat ARTUS         sug> ARTICULATED
             sp  ARTICULACION  sug> ARTICLE
             biol> INSECTS HAVE MANY BODY and
                   LIMB SECTIONS AND JOINTS
             sug>  INTERSECTIONS  SECTORS
             ply> | ARTHROPODS and ARTHRITIS
                    concern JOINTS and
                    ARTICLES with ARTICULATIONS |
~ ARTHRAL     med> CONCERNING A JOINT
~ ARTHRALGIA  JOINT PAIN
~ ARTHRITIS   INFLAMED JOINTS
~ ARTICLE     ARTICULATED CONTENTS
              gr ARTHRON = TO ARTICULATE or
                           TO JOIN or
                           TO ACCOUNT
              ply> | ARTISTS ARTICULATE
                     ARTICULAR ARTICLES |
~ ARTICUL~    prefix to stress CONNECTIONS
              as in ARTICLES or ARTICULATED ARTICLES
~ ARTICULATE  SPEAK DISTINCTLY
~ ARTIFACT    id+ | PRODUCT OF HUMAN SKILL |
              lat ARS and FACERE   or
                  ART and CRAFT  = TO MAKE
              PRODUCT FROM SKILL or ART
              lit+ WE HAVE ART IN ORDER
                   NOT TO DIE OF THE TRUTH
              alt WE ELUDE DEATH BY ART
              attr to NITZSCHE [#]
~ ARTIFICE    SKILL  INGENUITY  TRICKERY
              sp ARTIFICE = CRAFTSMAN
              DENOTES SKILLS BEYOND WHICH
              LIES THE DOMAIN OF ARTISTRY BUT WITHOUT WHICH
              AN ARTIST IS A FRAUD
              perhaps SOME MODERN PAINTERS HAVE NOT MASTERED
                      THE SKILL OF PAINTING
~ ARTIFICIAL  MADE or CONTRIVED
              CULTIVATED   MADE BY ART
              lat ARTIFICIALIS
              sp  ARTIFICIO
                  ART
                     OFICIO = PROFESSION or
                              OFFICE or
                              SKILL
              sug> ARTIFICE and ARTIST
              sug> ARTFUL  ARTY  ARTIFICIAL  INERT
~ ARTILLERY   lat ART = SKILL
              DENOTES THE NEED OF SKILL
              TO ARRANGE
              TO CATAPULT DEVICES
              TO HURL HEAVY PROJECTILES
~ ARTISAN     SKILLED IN MAKING ARTIFACTS
              CRAFTSMAN  MECHANIC
~ ARTIST      SKILLED IN "FINE" ART
              TITLE RATHER RESERSED FOR THOSE WHO REACH
  HIGH SKILL LEVELS AT ANYTHING or ANY TASK plus HAVE
  A TALENT TO BECOME UNIQUE or ORIGINAL      see> ART