Etymology

reuma +‎ -iek: from Latin rheumatismus ‎(“rheum”), from Ancient Greek ῥευματισμός ‎(rheumatismós, “humour, discharge, rheum”) from ῥευματίζομαι ‎(rheumatízomai, “I suffer from a rheum”) from ῥεῦμα ‎(rheûma, “stream, flow”) from ῥέω ‎(rhéō, “I flow”)

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: reu‧ma‧tiek