rheumatism

/ˈɹu.məˌtɪz.əm/US/ˈɹu.məˌtɪz/

rheumatism noun: any disorder of the muscles, tendons, joints, bones, nerves, characterized by pain, discomfort and disability.

Noun

rheumatism (countable and uncountable, plural rheumatisms)

Any disorder of the muscles, tendons, joints, bones, nerves, characterized by pain, discomfort and disability.
- 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.1763 June 20 (first performance), Samuel Foote, The Mayor of Garret. A Comedy, […], London: […] P[aul] Vaillant, […], published 1764, →OCLC, Act I, scene i, page 4
- The old man had become a confirmed invalid, confined by chronic rheumatism to his chair.1874, Wilkie Collins, The Dead Alive
Atrophic arthritis, rheumatoid arthritis

rheumatism meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu

rheumatism in Hindi

any painful disorder of muscles, tendons, joints, bones and nerves: गठिया gaṭhiyā
rheumatoid arthritis: गठिया gaṭhiyā

rheumatism in Marathi

any painful disorder of muscles, tendons, joints, bones and nerves: संधिवात sandhivāt

rheumatism in Urdu

گٹھیا

More languagesFewer languages

rheumatism in Bengali: বাত bat
rheumatism in Malayalam: വാതവ്യാധി, സന്ധിവാതം, വാതരോഗം
rheumatism in Kannada: ಗಂಟೂತ, ಗಂಟೂದಿಕೆ, ಗಂಟಿನ ಉರಿಯೂತ
rheumatism in Odia: ଗଣ୍ଠି gaṇṭhi
rheumatism in Tagalog: rayuma
rheumatism in Arabic: رَثْيَة raṯya
rheumatism in Thai: รูมาติซึม

Examples of rheumatism in a sentence

I am incapacitated by rheumatism and other ills.
He was never able to overbreak his rheumatism.
Gout and rheumatism are possible causes of podalgia.

All 11 example sentences with rheumatism

Forms of rheumatism

plural	rheumatisms

Origin of rheumatism

First attested 1601, from Latin rheumatismus (“rheum”), from Ancient Greek ῥευματισμός (rheumatismós, “humour, discharge, rheum”) from ῥευματίζομαι (rheumatízomai, “to suffer from a rheum”) from ῥεῦμα (rheûma, “stream, flow”) from ῥέω (rhéō, “to flow”)

Words formed from rheumatism

Questions about rheumatism

What does rheumatism mean?: Rheumatism means any disorder of the muscles, tendons, joints, bones, nerves, characterized by pain, discomfort and disability.
What is rheumatism in Hindi?: Rheumatism in Hindi is गठिया (gaṭhiyā). See Rheumatism meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is rheumatism?: Rheumatism is a noun.
How do you pronounce rheumatism?: Rheumatism is pronounced /ˈɹu.məˌtɪz.əm/.
What is the plural of rheumatism?: The plural of rheumatism is rheumatisms.

Words near rheumatism in the dictionary

Adapted from Wiktionary: rheumatism (page history and authors); rheumatism (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); rheumatism (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); বাত (Bengali) (page history and authors); rheumatism (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); rheumatism (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); ଗଣ୍ଠି (Odia) (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.

Last updated: 2026-09-02

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