About The Word Rheumatism
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Rheumatism
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What's The Definition Of Rheumatism?
[n] any painful disorder of the joints or muscles or connective tissues
[n] 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 | Synonyms for Rheumatism: atrophic arthritis | rheumatoid arthritis Related Terms | Find terms related to Rheumatism: See Also | arthritis | autoimmune disease | autoimmune disorder | disease | juvenile rheumatoid arthritis | psoriatic arthritis | Still's disease Rheumatism In Webster's Dictionary \Rheu"ma*tism\, n. [L. rheumatismus rheum, Gr. ????,
fr.??? to have or suffer from a flux, fr. ??? rheum: cf. F.
rheumatisme. See {2d Rheum}.] (Med.)
A general disease characterized by painful, often multiple,
local inflammations, usually affecting the joints and
muscles, but also extending sometimes to the deeper organs,
as the heart.
{Inflammatory rheumatism} (Med.), acute rheumatism attended
with fever, and attacking usually the larger joints, which
become swollen, hot, and very painful.
{Rheumatism root}. (Bot.) See {Twinleaf}.
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