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   Rheu·mat·ic

   /ro͞oˈmadik/

   

   adjective

   • 1. relating to or caused by rheumatism: "rheumatic pains"
   • ▪ (of a person or part of the body) suffering from or affected by rheumatism: "a rheumatic grandfather"

   noun

   • 1. a person suffering from rheumatism: "a sickly rheumatic"

   Word Origin late Middle English (originally referring to infection characterized by rheum): from Old French reumatique, or via Latin from Greek rheumatikos, from rheuma ‘bodily humor, flow’ (see rheum).

   Derivatives

   • 1. rheumatically adverb

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