rheumatism

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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”)

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rheumatism (countable and uncountable, plural rheumatisms)

  1. (pathology) Any disorder of the muscles, tendons, joints, bones, nerves, characterized by pain, discomfort and disability.
    • 1763 June 20 (first performance), Samuel Foote, The Mayor of Garret. A Comedy, , London: P Vaillant, , published 1764, →OCLC, Act I, scene i, page 4:
      And then as to your ſcurvys, and gouts, rheumatiſms, conſumptions, coughs and catarrhs, tar-vvater and turpentine vvill make you as ſound as a roach.
    • 1874, Wilkie Collins, The Dead Alive:
      The old man had become a confirmed invalid, confined by chronic rheumatism to his chair.
  2. (pathology) Atrophic arthritis, rheumatoid arthritis

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  1. ^ Hall, Joseph Sargent (1942 March 2) “3. The Consonants”, in The Phonetics of Great Smoky Mountain Speech (American Speech: Reprints and Monographs; 4), New York: King's Crown Press, →DOI, →ISBN, § 3, page 91.

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