| rheuma | The doctor says she suffers from rheumatism. |
| rheumatic | (n) a person suffering with rheumatism |
| rheumatic aortitis | (n) aortitis occurring in rheumatic fever |
| rheumatic fever | (n) a severe disease chiefly of children and characterized by painful inflammation of the joints and frequently damage to the heart valves |
| rheumatic heart disease | (n) heart disease caused by recurrent episodes of rheumatic fever; characterized by changes in the myocardium or scarring of the heart valves that reduce the power of the heart to pump blood |
| rheumatism | (n) any painful disorder of the joints or muscles or connective tissues |
| rheumatoid arthritis | (n) a chronic autoimmune disease with inflammation of the joints and marked deformities; something (possibly a virus) triggers an attack on the synovium by the immune system, which releases cytokines that stimulate an inflammatory reaction that can lead to the destruction of all components of the joint, Syn. atrophic arthritis, rheumatism |
| rheumatoid factor | (n) autoantibody that is usually present in the serum of people with rheumatoid arthritis |
| rheumatologist | (n) a physician specializing in rheumatic diseases |
| rheumatology | (n) the branch of medicine dealing with the study and treatment of pathologies of the muscles or tendons or joints |
| Rheumatic | a. [ Gr. &unr_;&unr_;&unr_; subject to a discharge or flux: cf. L. rheumaticus, F. rhumatique. See Rheum, Rheumatism. ] That rheumatic diseases do abound. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Rheumatic | n. One affected with rheumatism. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Rheumatism | n. [ L. rheumatismus rheum, Gr. &unr_;&unr_;&unr_;&unr_;, fr.&unr_;&unr_;&unr_; to have or suffer from a flux, fr. &unr_;&unr_;&unr_; rheum: cf. F. rheumatisme. See 2d Rheum. ] (Med.) A general disease characterized by painful, often multiple, local inflammations, usually affecting the joints and muscles, but also extending sometimes to the deeper organs, as the heart. [ 1913 Webster ]
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| Rheumatismal | a. (Med.) Of or pertaining to rheumatism. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Rheumatismoid | a. [ Rheumatism + -oid. ] (Med.) Of or resembling rheum or rheumatism. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| rheumatisch { adj } | rheumatic [Add to Longdo] |
| rheumatoid; rheumaähnlich { adj } | rheumatoid [Add to Longdo] |
| Rheuma { n }; Rheumatismus { m } [ med. ] | rheumatism [Add to Longdo] |