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How to use rheumatism in a sentence

11 example sentences · noun

Rheumatism means any disorder of the muscles, tendons, joints, bones, nerves, characterized by pain, discomfort and disability. Example: “I am incapacitated by rheumatism and other ills.”

Examples of rheumatism by meaning

nounAny disorder of the muscles, tendons, joints, bones, nerves, characterized by pain, discomfort and disability.

  • Terentia has a severe attack of rheumatism.1920, Cicero, translated by Evelyn Shirley Shuckburgh, The Letters of Cicero: The Whole Extant Correspondence in Chronological Order...

More sentences with rheumatism

  • I am incapacitated by rheumatism and other ills.From the entry ill
  • He was never able to overbreak his rheumatism.From the entry overbreak
  • Gout and rheumatism are possible causes of podalgia.From the entry podalgia
  • Her body was wracked with arthritis, rheumatism, Parkinson's, osteoporosis and more.2012, Andrew Drilon, “Two Women Worth Watching”, in Charles Tan, editor, Lauriat: A Filipino-Chinese Speculative Fiction Anthology, Maple…. From the entry ama
  • Country folk still regard it as one of our most valuable herbs, especially for rheumatism.1922, Eleanour Sinclair Rohde, The Old English Herbals, Longmans, Green and Co.. From the entry incantation
  • Another group of painful conditions called soft-tissue rheumatism rises sharply in incidence among women during the middle years.1982, Alice Lake, Our Own Years: What Women Over Thirty-Five Should Know About Themselves, page 197. From the entry tenonitis
  • Betty — so stout, and with that rheumatism in her leg — did she ever think of herself?1917, John Galsworthy, Beyond. From the entry rescuing
  • The stem is used for bilious conditions; ash for discharges and wounds, sapraemia in Malaya; infusion of straw for dysentery, gout, and rheumatism.1993, James A. Duke, CRC Handbook of Alternative Cash Crops, →ISBN, page 342. From the entry sapraemia
  • She didn't like my mother, so she made a wax doll and stuck thorns into its legs, and my mother had the screws (rheumatism) in her legs ever since.2000, Jacqueline Simpson, Stephen Roud, A Dictionary of English Folklore. From the entry screw
  • Riddle at Euterpean Hall, when she was weary of curing rheumatism or when she was suffering from rheumatism; and always he had to be at Euterpean to give spiritual assistance.1926, Sinclair Lewis, Elmer Gantry. From the entry Euterpean

Meaning of rheumatism

  1. noun Any disorder of the muscles, tendons, joints, bones, nerves, characterized by pain, discomfort and disability.
  2. noun Atrophic arthritis, rheumatoid arthritis.

Full definition of rheumatism

Questions about rheumatism in a sentence

How do you use rheumatism in a sentence?
Rheumatism is used as a noun. For example: “I am incapacitated by rheumatism and other ills.”
What is a short sentence with rheumatism?
“Terentia has a severe attack of rheumatism.”
What does rheumatism mean?
Rheumatism means any disorder of the muscles, tendons, joints, bones, nerves, characterized by pain, discomfort and disability.

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