rheumatic
41rheumatic heart disease — rheumat′ic heart′ disease n. pat damage to the myocardium or valves of the heart as a result of rheumatic fever …
42rheumatic disease — noun : any of several diseases (as rheumatoid arthritis, rheumatic fever, fibrositis) characterized by inflammation and pain in muscles or joints from various causes …
43rheumatic — I. adjective Etymology: Middle English rewmatik subject to rheum, from Anglo French reumatike, from Latin rheumaticus, from Greek rheumatikos, from rheumat , rheuma Date: 1711 of, relating to, characteristic of, or affected with rheumatism •… …
44rheumatic — rheumatically, adv. /roo mat ik/, Pathol. adj. 1. pertaining to or of the nature of rheumatism. 2. affected with or subject to rheumatism. n. 3. a person affected with rheumatism. [1350 1400; ME reumatik < L rheumaticus < Gk rheumatikós, equiv.… …
45rheumatic — 1. adjective /ruːˈmætɪk/ Resembling or referring to rheumatism. See Also: rheumaticky, rheumatics 2. noun /ruːˈmætɪk/ A person suffering from rheumatism It has been a clinical observation with me that the majority of chronic rheumatics are like …
46rheumatic — Synonyms and related words: allergic, anemic, apoplectic, arthritic, bilious, cancerous, case, chlorotic, colicky, consumptive, dropsical, dyspeptic, edematous, encephalitic, epileptic, incurable, inpatient, invalid, laryngitic, leprous, luetic,… …
47rheumatic — [14] Greek rheuma meant literally ‘flow, stream’ (it came ultimately from the same Indo European base as produced English stream, and was a close relative of the Greek verb rhein ‘flow’, which provides the second halves of English catarrh and… …
48rheumatic — rheu·mat·ic || ruË mætɪk adj. pertaining to rheumatism; characteristic of rheumatism; affected by rheumatism …
49rheumatic — rheu·mat·ic …
50rheumatic — rheu•mat•ic [[t]rʊˈmæt ɪk[/t]] adj. 1) pat pertaining to or of the nature of rheumatism 2) pat affected with or subject to rheumatism 3) pat a person affected with rheumatism • Etymology: 1350–1400; ME reumatik < L rheumaticus < Gk… …
