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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Rheumatism \Rheu"ma*tism\, n. [L. rheumatismus rheum, Gr ????,
fr.??? to have or suffer from a flux, fr ??? 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.) See {Twinleaf}.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
rheumatism
n 1: any painful disorder of the joints or muscles or connective
tissues
2: a chronic autoimmune disease with inflammation of the joints
and marked deformities [syn: {rheumatoid arthritis}, {atrophic
arthritis}]
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