RHEUMATIC

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does rheumatic mean? 

• RHEUMATIC (noun)
  The noun RHEUMATIC has 1 sense:

1. a person suffering with rheumatism

  Familiarity information: RHEUMATIC used as a noun is very rare.

• RHEUMATIC (adjective)
  The adjective RHEUMATIC has 1 sense:

1. of or pertaining to arthritis

  Familiarity information: RHEUMATIC used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• RHEUMATIC (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A person suffering with rheumatism

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("rheumatic" is a kind of...):

diseased person; sick person; sufferer (a person suffering from an illness)

Derivation:

rheumatic (of or pertaining to arthritis)

• RHEUMATIC (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Of or pertaining to arthritis

Synonyms:

arthritic; creaky; rheumatic; rheumatoid; rheumy

Context example:

rheumy with age and grief

Similar:

unhealthy (not in or exhibiting good health in body or mind)

Derivation:

rheumatic (a person suffering with rheumatism)

rheumatism (any painful disorder of the joints or muscles or connective tissues)

rheumatism (a chronic autoimmune disease with inflammation of the joints and marked deformities; something (possibly a virus) triggers an attack on the synovium by the immune system, which releases cytokines that stimulate an inflammatory reaction that can lead to the destruction of all components of the joint)

 Context examples 

A question about whether an individual has or had any rheumatic or connective tissue disease.

(Has any Rheumatic or Connective Tissue Disease, NCI Thesaurus)

The sedimentation rate is increased in inflammation, infection, cancer, rheumatic diseases, and diseases of the blood and bone marrow.

(Erythrocyte sedimentation rate, NCI Dictionary)

“What name was it, as I wrote up in the cart, sir?” said Mr. Barkis, with a slow rheumatic smile.

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)

A revised, shorter version of the Health Assessment Questionnaire used as a functional status measure for individuals with rheumatic diseases.

(Health Assessment Questionnaire-II, NCI Thesaurus)

Because for the last few days I have been feeling rheumatic and old.

(His Last Bow, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Both the acid and its sodium salt are used in the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis and other rheumatic or musculoskeletal disorders, dysmenorrhea, and acute gout.

(Naproxen, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)

Deficiency of C3 also impairs clearance of circulating immune complexes and therefore predisposes to rheumatic and renal disease.

(C3 Deficiency, NCI Thesaurus)

Used systemically or topically, natural or synthetic Antirheumatic Preparations relieve and control the symptoms of rheumatic diseases (rheumatoid arthritis) by reducing inflammation and pain, or reinstating mobility and function of articulations.

(Antirheumatic Preparation, NCI Thesaurus)

Coriander seed oil is used in aromatherapy, to calm the digestive system, and for rheumatic and arthritic pain.

(Coriander Oil, NCI Thesaurus)

But by this time we had all long ceased to pay any particular notice to the song; it was new, that night, to nobody but Dr. Livesey, and on him I observed it did not produce an agreeable effect, for he looked up for a moment quite angrily before he went on with his talk to old Taylor, the gardener, on a new cure for the rheumatics.

(Treasure Island, by Robert Louis Stevenson)