rheu·ma·tism
(ro͞o′mə-tĭz′əm)n.
1. Any of various rheumatic diseases and disorders, especially rheumatoid arthritis.
2. Pain and stiffness in the joints or muscles.
[Latin rheumatismus, rheum, from Greek rheumatismos, from rheumatizesthai, to suffer from rheum, from rheuma, rheumat-, flow, watery discharge from the body (formerly thought to cause aches and pains); see rheum.]
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rheumatism
(ˈruːməˌtɪzəm)n
(Pathology) any painful disorder of joints, muscles, or connective tissue. Compare arthritis, fibrositis
[C17: from Latin rheumatismus catarrh, from Greek rheumatismos; see rheum]
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rheu•ma•tism
(ˈru məˌtɪz əm)n.
1. any of several disorders characterized by pain and stiffness in the joints or muscles.
[1595–1605; < Latin rheumatismus morbid discharge < Greek rheumatismós=rheumat-, s. of rheûma (see rheum) + -ismos -ism]
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rheumatism
any disorder of the connective tissue structures of the body, especially those in the back or the extremities, characterized by pain or stiffness. — rheumatic, adj.
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rheumatism
Any painful state in bones, ligaments, joints, tendons, or muscles.
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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
| Noun | 1. |  rheumatism - any painful disorder of the joints or muscles or connective tissues |
| 2. |  rheumatism - a chronic autoimmune disease with inflammation of the joints and marked deformities; something (possibly a virus) triggers an attack on the synovium by the immune system, which releases cytokines that stimulate an inflammatory reaction that can lead to the destruction of all components of the jointvirus - (virology) ultramicroscopic infectious agent that replicates itself only within cells of living hosts; many are pathogenic; a piece of nucleic acid (DNA or RNA) wrapped in a thin coat of protein arthritis - inflammation of a joint or joints autoimmune disease, autoimmune disorder - any of a large group of diseases characterized by abnormal functioning of the immune system that causes your immune system to produce antibodies against your own tissues psoriatic arthritis - a form of rheumatoid arthritis usually affecting fingers and toes and associated with psoriasis juvenile rheumatoid arthritis, Still's disease - a form of rheumatoid arthritis that affects children; large joints become inflamed and bone growth may be retarded |
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Translations
روماتِزْم: رَثْيَه مِفْصَلِيَّهروماتيزم
revmatismus
gigtreumatisme
reumatismi
reumatizam
reuma
gigt
リウマチ
류머티즘
reumatikoreumatinisreumatizmas
reumatizmus
reumatism
โรคไขข้ออักเสบ
bệnh thấp khớp
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
rheumatism
[ˈruːmətɪzəm] n → rhumatisme mrheumatoid arthritis [ˌruːmətɔɪdɑːrˈθraɪtɪs] n → polyarthrite f chroniqueCollins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005
rheumatism
n → Rheuma nt, → Rheumatismus m
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
rheumatism
(ˈruːmətizəm) noun a disease which causes stiffness and pain in one's joints.
rheuˈmatic (-ˈmӕ-) adjectiveKernerman English Multilingual Dictionary © 2006-2013 K Dictionaries Ltd.
rheumatism
→ روماتيزم revmatismus gigt Rheumatismus ρευματισμός reumatismo reumatismi rhumatisme reumatizam reumatismo リウマチ 류머티즘 reumatiek revmatisme reumatyzm reumatismo ревматизм reumatism โรคไขข้ออักเสบ romatizma bệnh thấp khớp 风湿病Multilingual Translator © HarperCollins Publishers 2009
rheu·ma·tism
n. reumatismo, enfermedad aguda crónica caracterizada por infl. y dolor en las articulaciones.
English-Spanish Medical Dictionary © Farlex 2012
rheumatism
n (ant) reumatismo, reuma or reúma m&f; palindromic — reumatismo palindrómicoEnglish-Spanish/Spanish-English Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2006 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved.