rheumatism

First attested 1601, from Latin rheumatismus (“rheum”), from Ancient Greek ῥευματισμός (rheumatismós, “humour, discharge, rheum”) from ῥευματίζομαι (rheumatízomai, “I suffer from a rheum”) from ῥεῦμα (rheûma, “stream, flow”) from ῥέω (rhéō, “I flow”)

• IPA^(key): /ˈɹu.məˌtɪz.m̩/

rheumatism (countable and uncountable, plural rheumatisms)

1. (pathology) Any disorder of the muscles, tendons, joints, bones, nerves, characterized by pain, discomfort and disability.

   • The old man had become a confirmed invalid, confined by chronic rheumatism to his chair. — The Dead Alive

2. (pathology) atrophic arthritis, rheumatoid arthritis

• desert rheumatism
• rheumatism weed

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