rheumatism as a noun: - 1
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rheumatism
noun
1 rheumatism
Any painful disorder of the joints or muscles or connective tissues.
Roget 378:
pain;
suffering,
sufferance,
suffrance†;
bodily pain,
physical pain,
bodily suffering,
physical suffering,
body pain;
mental suffering
etc.
828;
dolour,
ache;
aching
etc.
v.;
smart;
shoot,
shooting;
twinge,
twitch,
gripe,
headache,
stomach ache,
heartburn,
angina,
angina pectoris [Lat.];
hurt,
cut;
sore,
soreness;
discomfort,
malaise;
cephalalgia [Med.],
earache,
gout,
ischiagra†,
lumbago,
neuralgia,
odontalgia†,
otalgia†,
podagra†,
rheumatism,
sciatica;
tic douloureux [Fr.],
toothache,
tormina†,
torticollis†.
spasm,
cramp;
nightmare,
ephialtes†;
crick,
stitch;
thrill,
convulsion,
throe;
throb
etc.
(agitation)
315;
pang;
colic;
kink.
sharp pain,
piercing pain,
throbbing pain,
shooting pain,
sting,
gnawing pain,
burning pain;
excruciating pain.
anguish,
agony;
torment,
torture;
rack;
cruciation†,
crucifixion;
martyrdom,
toad under a harrow,
vivisection.
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Dutch: gewrichtsreuma, gewrichtsreumatiek, reuma, reumatiek
Polish: choroba reumatyczna, reumatyzm
2 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.
synonyms: atrophic arthritis, rheumatoid arthritis.
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