Definitions for rheumatism
ˈru məˌtɪz əmrheuma·tism

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. rheumatismnoun

   any painful disorder of the joints or muscles or connective tissues

2. rheumatoid arthritis, atrophic arthritis, rheumatismnoun

   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 joint

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. rheumatismnoun

   Any disorder of the muscles, tendons, joints, bones, nerves, characterized by pain, discomfort and disability.

2. rheumatismnoun

   atrophic arthritis, rheumatoid arthritis

3. Etymology: First attested 1601, from rheumatismus, from ῥευματισμός from ῥευματίζομαι from ῥεῦμα from ῥέω

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Rheumatismnoun

   A painful distemper supposed to proceed from acrid humours.

   Etymology: ῥευματισμὸς; rheumatisme, Fr. rheumatismus, Lat.

   Rheumatism is a distemper affecting chiefly the membrana communis musculorum, which it makes rigid and unfit for motion; and it seems to be occasioned almost by the same causes, as the mucilaginous glands in the joints are rendered stiff and gritty in the gout. John Quincy.

   The throtling quinsey ’tis my star appoints,
   And rheumatisms I send to rack the joints. Dryden.

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1. rheumatism

   Rheumatism is a broad term used to describe various conditions which cause chronic, often intermittent pain that affect the joints and/or connective tissue. It is characterized by inflammation and pain in the joints, muscles, or fibrous tissue, especially the rheumatic diseases such as rheumatoid arthritis, osteoarthritis, lupus, and fibromyalgia.

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1. Rheumatismnoun

   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

2. Etymology: [L. rheumatismus rheum, Gr. , fr. to have or suffer from a flux, fr. rheum: cf. F. rheumatisme. See 2d Rheum.]

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1. Rheumatism

   Rheumatism or rheumatic disorder is a non-specific term for medical problems affecting the joints and connective tissue. The study of, and therapeutic interventions in, such disorders is called rheumatology.

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of rheumatism in Chaldean Numerology is: 8

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of rheumatism in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1

Examples of rheumatism in a Sentence

1. Henry Adams:

   You say that love is nonsense....I tell you it is no such thing. For weeks and months it is a steady physical pain, an ache about the heart, never leaving one, by night or by day a long strain on one's nerves like toothache or rheumatism, not intolerable at any one instant, but exhausting by its steady drain on the strength.

2. Elzear Blaze, La Vie Militaire:

   In the career of glory one gains many things; the gout and medals, a pension and rheumatism....And also frozen feet, an arm or leg the less, a bullet lodged between two bones which the surgeon cannot extract....all of these fatigues experienced in your youth, you pay for when you grow old. Because one has suffered in years gone by, it is necessary to suffer more, which does not seem exactly fair.

3. H. L. Mencken:

   Thanksgiving Day is a day devoted by persons with inflammatory rheumatism to thanking a loving Father that it is not hydrophobia.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=rheumatism
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Rheumatism
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=rheumatism
4. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
5. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/rheumatism
6. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=rheumatism