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View synonyms for rheumatic

rheumatic

[ roo-mat-ik ]

adjective

  1. pertaining to or of the nature of rheumatism.
  2. affected with or subject to rheumatism.


noun

  1. a person affected with rheumatism.

rheumatic

/ ruːˈmætɪk /

adjective

  1. of, relating to, or afflicted with rheumatism
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


noun

  1. a person afflicted with rheumatism
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • rheuˈmatically, adverb
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Other Words From

  • rheu·mati·cal·ly adverb
  • anti·rheu·matic adjective noun
  • nonrheu·matic adjective noun
  • postrheu·matic adjective
  • prerheu·matic adjective
  • pseudo·rheu·matic adjective
  • unrheu·matic adjective
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Word History and Origins

Origin of rheumatic1

1350–1400; Middle English reumatik < Latin rheumaticus < Greek rheumatikós, equivalent to rheumat- (stem of rheûma; rheum ) + -ikos -ic
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Word History and Origins

Origin of rheumatic1

C14: ultimately from Greek rheumatikos , from rheuma a flow; see rheum
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Example Sentences

Another study identified 20 patients with rheumatic or musculoskeletal diseases on medications that suppress the immune system who also did not have detectable antibodies.

Bedridden Child Rather spent about three years of his childhood bedridden with rheumatic fever.

The Colonel, who was suffering from an attack of rheumatic gout, was more irritable than usual.

The dapple grays were fat, well fed beasts, and the coachman was old and rheumatic.

Suppose you are married to Cytherea herself, and the next week attacked with a rheumatic fever.

Mr. Wolfe stepped aside and caught him around the waist and twisted his leg around the old man's rheumatic one, and held him.

He becomes blind and deaf, and cannot sleep, afflicted with rheumatic pains and maladies forlorn.

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