Look up: rheumatism

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   rheumatism
   [n] - any painful disorder of the joints or muscles or connective tissues
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   Rheumatism
   Any disorder associated with pain in joints - May be a euphemism for rheumatic heart disease
   Found on http://www.paul_smith.doctors.org.uk/Arc
   
   
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   Rheumatism
   A general term to describe disorders affecting the joints, muscles, tendons and ligaments
   Found on http://www.dwp.gov.uk/medical/med_condit
   
   
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   Rheumatism
   Used broadly, rheumatism is a term meant to describe subjective sensations and not a specific disease, such as chronic joint inflammation, osteo- or rheumatoid arthritis...almost any chronic dull ache associated with the aging process
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   Rheumatism
   Any ache in joints
   Found on http://www.gadsbywicks.co.uk/docs/GLOSSA
   
   
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   Rheumatism
   Rheumatism: Rheumatism is an older term, used to describe any of a number of painful conditions of muscles, tendons, joints, and bones. Rheumatism conditions have been classified as either localized, regional, or generalized. Localized rheumatism conditions include bursitis and tendinitis. Regional rheumatism conditions include chest wall pain, tem ...
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   Rheumatism
   Rheu'ma·tism noun [ Latin rheumatismus rheum, Greek ............, from ......... to have or suffer from a flux, from ......... rheum: confer French rheumatisme . See 2d Rheum .] (Medicine) A general disease characterized by painful, often multiple, local inflammations, usually affecting the joints and muscles, but also extending sometimes to the deeper organs, as the heart. ...
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   rheumatism
   <medicine> A general disease characterised by painful, often multiple, local inflammations, usually affecting the joints and muscles, but also extending sometimes to the deeper organs, as the heart. ... <medicine> Inflammatory rheumatism, acute rheumatism attended with fever, and attacking usually the larger joints, which become swollen, ...
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   rheumatism
   noun any painful disorder of the joints or muscles or connective tissues
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    Rheumatism
    `Rheumatism` or `Rheumatic disorder` is a non-specific term for medical problems affecting the heart, bones, joints, kidney, skin and lung. The study of, and therapeutic interventions in, such disorders is called rheumatology.
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rheumatism
    
    
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    rheumatism
    (roo´mә-tiz-әm) popular but indefinite term for any of a variety of disorders marked by inflammation, degeneration, or metabolic derangement of connective tissue structures (especially joints and related structures), with pain, stiffness, or limitation of motion. It includes such disorders as arthritis...
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    Rheumatism
    • (n.) A general disease characterized by painful, often multiple, local inflammations, usually affecting the joints and muscles, but also extending sometimes to the deeper organs, as the heart.
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    rheumatism
    any of several disorders that have in common inflammation of the connective tissues, especially the muscles, joints, and associated structures. The ... [1 related articles]
    Found on http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/r/43
    
    
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    rheumatism
    rheumatism (rOO'mutizum) , general term for a number of disorders that cause inflammation and pain in muscles, bones, joints, or nerves. In common usage arthritis, bursitis, neuritis, and gout are frequently designated by this term.
    Found on http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/sci/A08417