rheumatic

/ru:'mætik/
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rheumatic

The elderly patient manages her rheumatic pain with gentle morning stretches.

Definition

  1. Adjective:

    • Relating to or suffering from rheumatism: Describes conditions, pains, or symptoms associated with rheumatism, a disorder causing pain and stiffness in the joints or muscles.
    • Affected by rheumatism: Describes a person who has rheumatism.

  2. Noun:

    • A person who has rheumatism: An individual suffering from the disease of rheumatism.
Examples of Usage
  • Adjective:
    • She complained of rheumatic pains in her knees during the cold weather.
    • The doctor prescribed medication for his rheumatic condition.
  • Noun:
    • The old rheumatic found it difficult to climb the stairs.
    • Special exercises can help rheumatics manage their pain.
Advanced Usage
  • "Rheumatic fever": A serious inflammatory disease that can develop as a complication of a streptococcal infection (like strep throat) and may affect the heart, joints, skin, and brain.
    • In the past, many children developed heart problems after suffering from rheumatic fever.
Variants and Related Words
  • Rheumatism (n): The general term for any disease marked by inflammation and pain in the joints, muscles, or fibrous tissue.
  • Rheumatoid (adj): Specifically relating to rheumatoid arthritis, a common form of rheumatism.
    • Rheumatoid arthritis is an autoimmune disorder.
  • Rheumatology (n): The branch of medicine dealing with the study and treatment of rheumatic diseases.
  • Rheumy (adj): Watery or full of rheum (a thin mucus); often used to describe watery eyes, especially due to age or illness.
Synonyms
  • Adjective: Arthritic, gouty (for specific types), stiff, painful.
  • Noun: Arthritic, sufferer (from rheumatism).
Related Phrases
  • Rheumatic heart disease: Permanent damage to the heart valves caused by rheumatic fever.
    • Screening for strep throat is important to prevent rheumatic heart disease.
rheumatic

The elderly patient manages her rheumatic pain with gentle morning stretches.

Adjective
  1. of or pertaining to arthritis
    • my creaky old joints
    • rheumy with age and grief
Noun
  1. a person suffering with rheumatism

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