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rheumatoidal

rheumatoidal is the alternative form of rheumatoid.

Meaning of rheumatoid

Adjective

rheumatoid (not generally comparable, comparative more rheumatoid, superlative most rheumatoid)

  1. (not comparable, usually) Involving or pertaining to rheumatism, especially rheumatoid arthritis.
    • Rheumatoid sufferers have such pain and discomfort every day of their lives that they live eternally in high hopes of something effective turning up.1976 March 27, F. Dudley Hart, “History of the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis”, in British Medical Journal, volume 1, number 6012, →DOI, →JSTOR, page 763
  2. (dated, not comparable, usually) Presenting analogies with rheumatism.

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Words formed from rheumatoidal

Questions about rheumatoidal

What is rheumatoidal the alternative form of?
Rheumatoidal is the alternative form of rheumatoid.

Words near rheumatoidal in the dictionary

  1. rheumatoid arthritides
  2. rheumatoid arthritis
  3. rheumatoid factor
  4. rheumatoid factors
  5. rheumatoid pneumoconiosis
  6. rheumatoidal
  7. rheumatoidally
  8. rheumatoids
  9. rheumatologic
  10. rheumatological
  11. rheumatologically

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