rheumatism

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English

Etymology

First attested 1601, from Latin rheumatismus (“rheum”), from Ancient Greek ῥευματισμός (rheumatismos, “humour, discharge, rheum”) from ῥευματίζομαι (rheumatizomai, “I suffer from a rheum”) from ῥεῦμα (rheuma, “stream, flow”) from ῥέω (rheō, “I flow”)

Pronunciation

• enPR: [rmə-tĭz′əm]

Noun

rheumatism (countable and uncountable; plural rheumatisms)

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

   • The old man had become a confirmed invalid, confined by chronic rheumatism to his chair. — The Dead Alive

2. (pathology) atrophic arthritis, rheumatoid arthritis

Translations

any painful disorder of muscles, tendons, joints, bones and nerves

Arabic: رثية (ar) (ráthya) f. Chinese: Mandarin: 風濕病 (zh), 风湿病 (zh) (fēngshībìng), 風濕 (zh), 风湿 (zh) (fēngshī) Finnish: reumatismi (fi), reuma (fi) French: rhumatisme (fr) m. German: Rheuma (de) n., Rheumatismus (de) m.

Japanese: リウマチ (ja) (riumachi), リューマチ (ja) (ryūmachi) Korean: 류머티즘 (ko) (ryumeotijeum) Russian: ревматизм (ru) (revmatízm) m. Scottish Gaelic: lòinidh (gd) m. and f., siataig (gd) f. Spanish: reumatismo (es) m. Vietnamese: (bệnh) phong thấp (vi), (bệnh) tê thấp (vi), (bệnh) thấp khớp (vi)

rheumatoid arthritis

Finnish: nivelreuma (fi) Polish: reumatyzm (pl) m.

Russian: ревматизм (ru) (revmatízm) m. Scottish Gaelic: lòinidh (gd) m. and f., siataig (gd) f.

Derived terms

• desert rheumatism
• rheumatism weed

See also

• rheum
• rheumatic
• rheumaticky
• rheumatoid
• rheumatology
• rheumatologist
• rheumy