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rheumatic


  3  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Rheumatic  \Rheu*mat"ic\,  a.  [Gr.  ???  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.  --Shak. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Rheumatic  \Rheu*mat"ic\,  n. 
  One  affected  with  rheumatism. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  rheumatic 
  adj  :  of  or  pertaining  to  arthritis;  "my  creaky  old  joints"  [syn: 
  {arthritic},  {creaky},  {rheumatoid}] 
  n  :  a  person  suffering  with  rheumatism 




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