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Webster 1913 Edition

Rheumatic

Rheu-mat′ic

,
Adj.
[Gr. [GREEK][GREEK][GREEK] subject to a discharge or flux: cf. L.
rheumaticus
, F.
rhumatique
. See
Rheum
,
Rheumatism
.]
1.
Derived from, or having the character of, rheum; rheumic.
[Obs.]
2.
(Med.)
Of or pertaining to rheumatism;
as,
rheumatic
pains or affections
; affected with rheumatism;
as, a
rheumatic
old man
; causing rheumatism;
as, a
rheumatic
day
.
That
rheumatic
diseases do abound.
Shakespeare

Rheu-mat′ic

,
Noun.
One affected with rheumatism.

Webster 1828 Edition

Rheumatic

RHEUMAT'IC

,
Adj.
[L. rheumaticus; Gr. from rheum, which see.]
Pertaining to rheumatism, or partaking of its nature, as rheumatic pains or affections.

Definition 2024

rheumatic

rheumatic

English

Adjective

rheumatic ‎(comparative more rheumatic, superlative most rheumatic)

  1. Resembling or relating to rheumatism.
  2. Derived from, or having the character of, rheum; rheumic.

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Noun

rheumatic ‎(plural rheumatics)

  1. (rare) A person suffering from rheumatism
    • 1890, The American practitioner, Volumes 9-10‎
      It has been a clinical observation with me that the majority of chronic rheumatics are likewise the subjects of chronic constipation.
    • 1911, George Knapp Abbott, Principles and practice of hydrotherapy
      It must, be confessed, however, that the majority of rheumatics are not able to stand such treatment.
    • 1933, George Hoyt Bigelow & Herbert Luther Lombard, Cancer and Other Chronic Diseases in Massachusetts, page 19:
      The rheumatics in the survey who had complete disability had had this same disability for an average of two years.

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Etymology

From Middle French rheumatique, from Latin rheumaticus, from Ancient Greek ῥευματικός ‎(rheumatikós), from ῥεῦμα ‎(rheûma, “stream, flow”) from ῥέω ‎(rhéō, “I flow”)

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