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rheumatism en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• (Southern-England) audio
• /ˈɹu.məˌtɪz.əm/
• /ˈɹu.məˌtɪz/ (US, dialectal, obsolete)

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”)

Meanings

1. (countable, uncountable) 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. 1874, Wilkie Collins, The Dead Alive:
   • Terentia has a severe attack of rheumatism. 1920, Cicero, translated by Evelyn Shirley Shuckburgh, The Letters of Cicero: The Whole Extant Correspondence in Chronological Order, volume 1 (hardcover), London: G. Bell and Sons, Ltd., page 3:
   • And then as to your ſcurvys, and gouts, rheumatiſms, conſumptions, coughs and catarrhs, tar-vvater and turpentine vvill make you as ſound as a roach. 1763 June 20 (first performance), Samuel Foote, The Mayor of Garret. A Comedy, […], London: […] P[aul] Vaillant, […], published 1764, →OCLC, Act I, scene i, page 4:
2. (countable, uncountable) Atrophic arthritis, rheumatoid arthritis

Forms

Deriveds

rumortism · rheumatism weed · rheumatismal · desert rheumatism · rheumatismoid · rheumatism root

Relateds

rheum · rheumatoid · rheumatic · rheumy · rheumatology · rheumatologist · rheumaticky

Translations (61)

hi गठिया (rheumatoid arthritis) · pdt Rietinj (any painful disorder of muscles, tendons, joints, bones and nerves) · cs revmatismus (any painful disorder of muscles, tendons, joints, bones and nerves) · gl reumatismo (any painful disorder of muscles, tendons, joints, bones and nerves) · gd siataig (rheumatoid arthritis) · kk құздама (any painful disorder of muscles, tendons, joints, bones and nerves) · gd lòinidh (rheumatoid arthritis) · pl reumatyzm (rheumatoid arthritis) · lez кпул (any painful disorder of muscles, tendons, joints, bones and nerves) · cmn 類風濕性關節炎 /类风湿性关节炎 (rheumatoid arthritis) · vi (bệnh) phong thấp (any painful disorder of muscles, tendons, joints, bones and nerves) · mi kaikoiwi (any painful disorder of muscles, tendons, joints, bones and nerves) · es reuma (any painful disorder of muscles, tendons, joints, bones and nerves) · vi (bệnh) tê thấp (any painful disorder of muscles, tendons, joints, bones and nerves) · he שיגרון (any painful disorder of muscles, tendons, joints, bones and nerves) · tr romatizma (any painful disorder of muscles, tendons, joints, bones and nerves) · eo reŭmatismo (any painful disorder of muscles, tendons, joints, bones and nerves) · fi reumatismi (any painful disorder of muscles, tendons, joints, bones and nerves) · ga daitheacha (any painful disorder of muscles, tendons, joints, bones and nerves) · ota یل (any painful disorder of muscles, tendons, joints, bones and nerves) · mi rūmātiki (any painful disorder of muscles, tendons, joints, bones and nerves) · de Rheuma (any painful disorder of muscles, tendons, joints, bones and nerves) · ja リューマチ (any painful disorder of muscles, tendons, joints, bones and nerves) · gl reuma (rheumatoid arthritis) · fr rhumatisme (any painful disorder of muscles, tendons, joints, bones and nerves) · ru ревмати́зм (any painful disorder of muscles, tendons, joints, bones and nerves) · pt reumatismo (any painful disorder of muscles, tendons, joints, bones and nerves) · km ឈឺសន្លាក់ឆ្អឹង (any painful disorder of muscles, tendons, joints, bones and nerves) · th รูมาติซึม (any painful disorder of muscles, tendons, joints, bones and nerves) · mr संधिवात (any painful disorder of muscles, tendons, joints, bones and nerves) · nv agizii (any painful disorder of muscles, tendons, joints, bones and nerves) · pl reumatyzm (any painful disorder of muscles, tendons, joints, bones and nerves) · scn ramatichi (any painful disorder of muscles, tendons, joints, bones and nerves) · cmn 風濕 /风湿 (any painful disorder of muscles, tendons, joints, bones and nerves) · gl reuma (any painful disorder of muscles, tendons, joints, bones and nerves) · es reúma (any painful disorder of muscles, tendons, joints, bones and nerves) · hy ռևմատիզմ (any painful disorder of muscles, tendons, joints, bones and nerves) · ja リウマチ (any painful disorder of muscles, tendons, joints, bones and nerves) · ga scoilteacha (any painful disorder of muscles, tendons, joints, bones and nerves) · tl rayuma (any painful disorder of muscles, tendons, joints, bones and nerves) · cmn 風濕病 /风湿病 (any painful disorder of muscles, tendons, joints, bones and nerves) · kk ревматизм (any painful disorder of muscles, tendons, joints, bones and nerves) · ar رَثْيَة (any painful disorder of muscles, tendons, joints, bones and nerves) · sk reumatizmus (any painful disorder of muscles, tendons, joints, bones and nerves) · pdt Rietinj (rheumatoid arthritis) · de Rheumatismus (any painful disorder of muscles, tendons, joints, bones and nerves) · hu csúz (any painful disorder of muscles, tendons, joints, bones and nerves) · bg ревматизъм (any painful disorder of muscles, tendons, joints, bones and nerves) · fi reuma (any painful disorder of muscles, tendons, joints, bones and nerves) · hi गठिया (any painful disorder of muscles, tendons, joints, bones and nerves) · fo gikt (any painful disorder of muscles, tendons, joints, bones and nerves) · ca reumatisme (any painful disorder of muscles, tendons, joints, bones and nerves) · ru ревмати́зм (rheumatoid arthritis) · fi nivelreuma (rheumatoid arthritis) · es reumatismo (any painful disorder of muscles, tendons, joints, bones and nerves) · gd lòinidh (any painful disorder of muscles, tendons, joints, bones and nerves) · ko 류머티즘 (any painful disorder of muscles, tendons, joints, bones and nerves) · gd siataig (any painful disorder of muscles, tendons, joints, bones and nerves) · tsg ulapid (any painful disorder of muscles, tendons, joints, bones and nerves) · hu reuma (any painful disorder of muscles, tendons, joints, bones and nerves) · vi (bệnh) thấp khớp (any painful disorder of muscles, tendons, joints, bones and nerves)