rheumatic : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: rheumatic	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for rheumatic
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
rheumatic adj of or pertaining to arthritis; "my creaky old joints"; "rheumy with age and grief" Synonym(s): arthritic, creaky, rheumatic, rheumatoid, rheumy n a person suffering with rheumatism
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Rheumatic \Rheumat"ic\, a. [Gr. [?][?][?] subject to a discharge or flux: cf. L. rheumaticus, F. rhumatique. See {Rheum}, {Rheumatism}.] 1. Derived from, or having the character of, rheum; rheumic. [Obs.] 2. (Med.) Of or pertaining to rheumatism; as, rheumatic* pains or affections; affected with rheumatism; as, a rheumatic old man; causing rheumatism; as, a rheumatic day. That rheumatic diseases do abound. --Shak.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Rheumatic \Rheu*mat"ic\, n. One affected with rheumatism.