rheumatism
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Etymology[edit]
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”)
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Noun[edit]
rheumatism (countable and uncountable, plural rheumatisms)
- (pathology) Any disorder of the muscles, tendons, joints, bones, nerves, characterized by pain, discomfort and disability.
- 1874, Wilkie Collins, The Dead Alive:
- (pathology) atrophic arthritis, rheumatoid arthritis
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Translations[edit]
any painful disorder of muscles, tendons, joints, bones and nerves
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rheumatoid arthritis — see also rheumatoid arthritis
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References[edit]
- ^ Hall, Joseph Sargent (1942 March 2) “3. The Consonants”, in The Phonetics of Great Smoky Mountain Speech (American Speech: Reprints and Monographs; 4), New York: King's Crown Press, , →ISBN, § 3, page 91.
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