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Webster 1913 Edition
Rheumatism
Rheu′ma-tism
,Noun.
[L.
rheumatismus
rheum, Gr. [GREEK][GREEK][GREEK][GREEK], fr.[GREEK][GREEK][GREEK] to have or suffer from a flux, fr. [GREEK][GREEK][GREEK] rheum: cf. F. rheumatisme
. See 2d Rheum
.] (Med.)
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.)
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.Webster 1828 Edition
Rheumatism
RHEU'MATISM
,Noun.
A painful disease affecting muscles and joints of the human body, chiefly the larger joints, as the hips, knees, shoulders, &c.