rheumatic
UK/ɹuːˈmætɪk/
rheumatic adjective: resembling or relating to rheumatism.
Adjective
rheumatic (comparative more rheumatic, superlative most rheumatic)
- Resembling or relating to rheumatism.
- Derived from, or having the character of, rheum; rheumic.
Noun
rheumatic (plural rheumatics)
- A person suffering from rheumatism
- It has been a clinical observation with me that the majority of chronic rheumatics are likewise the subjects of chronic constipation.1890, The American practitioner, Volumes 9-10
- It must, be confessed, however, that the majority of rheumatics are not able to stand such treatment.1911, George Knapp Abbott, Principles and practice of hydrotherapy
rheumatic meaning in Tamil, Malayalam and Indonesian
rheumatic in Malayalam
- വാതവിഷയകമായ, വാതസംബന്ധിയായ, വാതബാധയേറ്റ
rheumatic in Indonesian
- person suffering from rheumatism
- reumatik
Forms of rheumatic
| Adjective | |
|---|---|
| comparative | more rheumatic |
| superlative | most rheumatic |
| Noun | |
| plural | rheumatics |
Origin of rheumatic
From Middle French rheumatique, from Latin rheumaticus, from Ancient Greek ῥευματικός (rheumatikós), from ῥεῦμα (rheûma, “stream, flow”) from ῥέω (rhéō, “to flow”).
Words formed from rheumatic
Words that rhyme with rheumatic
- automatic
- chromatic
- emphatic
- static
- systematic
- idiomatic
- attic
- hexachromatic
- thematic
- aromatic
- democratic
- hepatic
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- lymphatic
- schematic
- adiabatic
- aristocratic
- asymptomatic
- athematic
- autocratic
- axiomatic
- chiasmatic
- erratic
- fanatic
- fluorochromatic
- interchromatic
- phlegmatic
- prismatic
- psychosomatic
- quadchromatic
- sciatic
- stromatic
- aerobatic
- altermatic
- aposematic
- asthmatic
- bathochromatic
- bizygomatic
- bureaucratic
- chorochromatic
- chromocratic
- circumzygomatic
- coccochromatic
- curatic
- diabatic
- dyschromatic
- endolymphatic
- episematic
- epistatic
- frontozygomatic
- glymphatic
- goniochromatic
- graphematic
- herostratic
- hydroinformatic
- idiosyncratic
- immunochromatic
- infrazygomatic
- interzygomatic
- katabatic
- kinechromatic
Questions about rheumatic
- What does rheumatic mean?
- Rheumatic means resembling or relating to rheumatism.
- What is rheumatic in Tamil?
- Rheumatic in Tamil is வாத. See Rheumatic meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is rheumatic?
- Rheumatic can be an adjective or a noun.
- How do you pronounce rheumatic?
- Rheumatic is pronounced /ɹuːˈmætɪk/ (UK).
Words near rheumatic in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: rheumatic (page history and authors); rheumatic (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); rheumatic (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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