rheumatism
/ˈɹu.məˌtɪz/ noun
Forms rheumatisms
- noun (pathology) Any disorder of the muscles, tendons, joints, bones, nerves, characterized by pain, discomfort and disability.
- noun (pathology) Atrophic arthritis, rheumatoid arthritis
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Etymology
First attested 1601, from Latin rheumatismus (“rheum”), from Ancient Greek ῥευματισμός (rheumatismós, “humour, discharge, rheum”) from ῥευματίζομαι (rheumatízomai, “to suffer from a rheum”) from ῥεῦμα (rheûma, “stream, flow”) from ῥέω (rhéō, “to flow”)
Webster’s 1913
- noun 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.
Etymology [L. rheumatismus rheum, Gr. rheumatisme. See 2d Rheum.]
Sources: Wiktionary · WordNet 3.0 · Webster’s 1913 — from the Wiktionary entry “rheumatism”, CC BY-SA 4.0. Details