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Rheumatic definitions

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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

RHEUMAT'IC, a. [L. rheumaticus; Gr. from rheum, which see.]
Pertaining to rheumatism, or partaking of its nature, as rheumatic pains or affections.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

adj
1: of or pertaining to arthritis; "my creaky old joints"; "rheumy with age and grief" [syn: arthritic, creaky, rheumatic, rheumatoid, rheumy] n
1: a person suffering with rheumatism

Merriam Webster's

I. adjective Etymology: Middle English rewmatik subject to rheum, from Anglo-French reumatike, from Latin rheumaticus, from Greek rheumatikos, from rheumat-, rheuma Date: 1711 of, relating to, characteristic of, or affected with rheumatism • rheumatically adverb II. noun Date: 1846 one affected with rheumatism

Oxford Reference Dictionary

adj. & n. --adj. 1 of, relating to, or suffering from rheumatism. 2 producing or produced by rheumatism. --n. a person suffering from rheumatism. Phrases and idioms: rheumatic fever a non-infectious fever with inflammation and pain in the joints. Derivatives: rheumatically adv. rheumaticky adj. colloq. Etymology: ME f. OF reumatique or L rheumaticus f. Gk rheumatikos (as RHEUM)

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Rheumatic Rheu*mat"ic, a. [Gr. ??? subject to a discharge or flux: cf. L. rheumaticus, F. rhumatique. See Rheum, Rheumatism.] 1. Derived from, or having the character of, rheum; rheumic. [Obs.] 2. (Med.) Of or pertaining to rheumatism; as, rheumatic pains or affections; affected with rheumatism; as, a rheumatic old man; causing rheumatism; as, a rheumatic day. That rheumatic diseases do abound. --Shak.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Rheumatic Rheu*mat"ic, n. One affected with rheumatism.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

Rheumatic is used to describe conditions and pains that are related to rheumatism. Rheumatic joints are swollen and painful because they are affected by rheumatism. ...new treatments for a range of rheumatic diseases... ADJ: ADJ n

Moby Thesaurus

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