Rheumatic

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.
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     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.
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              That rheumatic diseases do abound.    --Shak.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Rheumatic \Rheu*mat"ic\, n.
     One affected with rheumatism.
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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