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Etymology
First attested 1601, from Latin rheumatismus (“rheum”), from Ancient Greek ῥευματισμός (rheumatismós, “humour, discharge, rheum”) from ῥευματίζομαι (rheumatízomai, “I suffer from a rheum”) from ῥεῦμα (rheûma, “stream, flow”) from ῥέω (rhéō, “I flow”)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈrøː.maː/
- Hyphenation: reu‧ma
Noun
reuma n (plural reuma's, diminutive reumaatje n)
- rheumatism
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Finnish
Etymology
From Swedish reuma.
Pronunciation
Noun
reuma
- (pathology) rheumatism
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Galician
Etymology
Attested since the 15th century (rreima). Learned borrowing from Latin rheuma, from Ancient Greek ῥεῦμα (rheûma), derived from ῥέω (rhéō, “I flow”).
Pronunciation
Noun
reuma f (plural reumas)
- (pathology, archaic) rheum
1409, J. L. Pensado Tomé, editor, Tratado de Albeitaria, Santiago de Compostela: Centro Ramón Piñeiro, page 111:Se os ollos foren escuros por rrazon da ferida ou de rreima que a elles deçer, abrirll'as os ollos en quatro dedos a defora et llançalle nos ollos sutilmente por canudo o sal mudo.- If the eyes are darkened because of a wound or of rheum that befall unto them, you should open up his eyes up to four inches and throw into them, delicately through a tube, the grounded salt
- (pathology) rheumatism
- Synonym: reumatismo
References
- Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “reima”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “reuma”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “reuma”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “reuma”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN
Italian
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin rheuma, from Ancient Greek ῥεῦμα (rheûma), derived from ῥέω (rhéō, “I flow”).
Pronunciation
Noun
reuma m (plural reumi)
- (pathology) rheumatism
Further reading
- reuma in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
Latin
Pronunciation
Noun
reuma n (genitive reumatis); third declension
- Alternative form of rheuma
Declension
Third-declension noun (neuter, imparisyllabic non-i-stem).
Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from Late Latin rheuma.
Noun
reuma m (plural reumas)
- (pathology) rheumatism
1877, Benito Pérez Galdós, Gloria:Cuando las humedades la hacían claudicar de la pierna izquierda a causa de la detestable propensión al reuma adquirida años atrás, se apoyaba en un bastón negro.- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
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