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rheumatic

rheu·mat·ic
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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • [roo-mat-ik]
    • /rʊˈmæt ɪk/
    • /ruːˈmæ.tik/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [roo-mat-ik]
    • /rʊˈmæt ɪk/

Definitions of rheumatic word

  • adjective rheumatic pertaining to or of the nature of rheumatism. 1
  • adjective rheumatic affected with or subject to rheumatism. 1
  • noun rheumatic a person affected with rheumatism. 1
  • adjective rheumatic suffering from rheumatism 1
  • adjective rheumatic relating to rheumatism 1
  • adjective rheumatic Rheumatic is used to describe conditions and pains that are related to rheumatism. Rheumatic joints are swollen and painful because they are affected by rheumatism. 0

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Origin of rheumatic

First appearance:

before 1350
One of the 20% oldest English words
1350-1400; Middle English reumatik < Latin rheumaticus < Greek rheumatikós, equivalent to rheumat- (stem of rheûma; see rheum) + -ikos -ic

Historical Comparancy

Parts of speech for Rheumatic

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation

rheumatic popularity

A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 87% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".

rheumatic usage trend in Literature

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Synonyms for rheumatic

adj rheumatic

  • arthritic — Arthritic is used to describe the condition, the pain, or the symptoms of arthritis.
  • atonic — (of a syllable, word, etc) carrying no stress; unaccented
  • buckram — cotton or linen cloth stiffened with size, etc, used in lining or stiffening clothes, bookbinding, etc
  • creaky — A creaky object creaks when it moves.
  • in-compliant — not compliant; unyielding.

adjective rheumatic

  • annealed — Simple past tense and past participle of anneal.
  • contracted — under contract; governed or arranged by special contract: a contract carrier.
  • immalleable — (archaic) Not malleable.
  • impliable — (archaic) Not pliable; inflexible; unyielding.
  • indurate — to make hard; harden, as rock, tissue, etc.: Cold indurates the soil.

Antonyms for rheumatic

adjective rheumatic

  • walking — considered as a person who can or does walk or something that walks: The hospital is caring for six walking patients. He's walking proof that people can lose weight quickly.

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