rheumatic

English

Etymology

From Middle French rheumatique, from Latin rheumaticus, from Ancient Greek ῥευματικός (rheumatikós), from ῥεῦμα (rheûma, “stream, flow”) from ῥέω (rhéō, “I flow”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ɹuːˈmætɪk/

  Rhymes: -ætɪk

Adjective

rheumatic (comparative more rheumatic, superlative most rheumatic)

1. Resembling or relating to rheumatism.
2. Derived from, or having the character of, rheum; rheumic.

Derived terms

• antirheumatic
• rheumatically
• rheumatic fever

Related terms

• rheumaticky
• rheumatics

Translations

referring to rheumatism

• Bulgarian: ревматичен (revmatičen)
• Catalan: reumàtic
• Finnish: reumaattinen, reuma- (fi)
• French: rhumatismal (fr)
• German: rheumatisch (de)
• Italian: reumatico (it)
• Kazakh: құздамалық (qūzdamalyq)
• Macedonian: ревма́тичен (revmátičen)
• Manx: aacheoidagh
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: reumatisk, revmatisk

  Nynorsk: reumatisk, revmatisk

• Polish: reumatyczny (pl)
• Portuguese: reumático m
• Russian: ревмати́ческий (ru) (revmatíčeskij)
• Spanish: reumático (es)
• Swedish: reumatisk (sv)

Noun

rheumatic (plural rheumatics)

1. (rare) A person suffering from rheumatism
   • 1890, The American practitioner, Volumes 9-10:

     It has been a clinical observation with me that the majority of chronic rheumatics are likewise the subjects of chronic constipation.

   • 1911, George Knapp Abbott, Principles and practice of hydrotherapy:

     It must, be confessed, however, that the majority of rheumatics are not able to stand such treatment.

   • 1933, George Hoyt Bigelow, Herbert Luther Lombard, Cancer and Other Chronic Diseases in Massachusetts‎^[1], page 19:

     The rheumatics in the survey who had complete disability had had this same disability for an average of two years.

Translations

person suffering from rheumatism

• Catalan: reumàtic m
• Finnish: reumaatikko (fi), reumasairas (fi)
• Kazakh: ревматизммен ауыратын адам (revmatizmmen auyratyn adam)
• Macedonian: ревма́тичар m (revmátičar), ревмати́чарка f (revmatíčarka)
• Russian: ревма́тик (ru) m (revmátik)
• Swedish: reumatiker (sv) c

Anagrams

• hematuric