RHEUMATISM

rheumatism

(noun) any painful disorder of the joints or muscles or connective tissues

Source: WordNet® 3.1

Etymology

Noun

rheumatism (countable and uncountable, plural rheumatisms)

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

(pathology) atrophic arthritis, rheumatoid arthritis

Anagrams

• Mithraeums

Source: Wiktionary

Rheu"ma*tism, n. Etym: [L. rheumatismus rheum, Gr. rheumatisme. See 2d Rheum.] (Med.)

Definition: 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. Inflammatory rheumatism (Med.), acute rheumatism attended with fever, and attacking usually the larger joints, which become swollen, hot, and very painful.

– Rheumatism root. (Bot.) See Twinleaf.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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