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rheumatism |
2 definitions found 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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