4 definitions found From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Rheumatic \Rheu*mat"ic\, a. [Gr. ??? subject to a discharge or flux: cf. L. rheumaticus, F. rhumatique. See {Rheum}, {Rheumatism}.] 1. Derived from, or having the character of, rheum; rheumic. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] 2. (Med.) Of or pertaining to rheumatism; as, rheumatic pains or affections; affected with rheumatism; as, a rheumatic old man; causing rheumatism; as, a rheumatic day. [1913 Webster] That rheumatic diseases do abound. --Shak. [1913 Webster] From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Rheumatic \Rheu*mat"ic\, n. One affected with rheumatism. [1913 Webster] From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]: rheumatic adj : of or pertaining to arthritis; "my creaky old joints"; "rheumy with age and grief" [syn: {arthritic}, {creaky}, {rheumatoid}, {rheumy}] n : a person suffering with rheumatism From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]: 53 Moby Thesaurus words for "rheumatic": allergic, anemic, apoplectic, arthritic, bilious, cancerous, case, chlorotic, colicky, consumptive, dropsical, dyspeptic, edematous, encephalitic, epileptic, incurable, inpatient, invalid, laryngitic, leprous, luetic, malarial, malignant, measly, nephritic, neuralgic, neuritic, outpatient, palsied, paralytic, patient, phthisic, pleuritic, pneumonic, pocky, podagric, rachitic, rickety, scorbutic, scrofulous, shut-in, sick person, spastic, sufferer, tabetic, tabid, terminal case, the sick, tubercular, tuberculous, tumorigenic, tumorous, valetudinarian
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