Look up: rheumatism

1. rheumatism
   [n] - any painful disorder of the joints or muscles or connective tissues
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2. Rheumatism
   Any disorder associated with pain in joints - May be a euphemism for rheumatic heart disease
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3. Rheumatism
   A general term to describe disorders affecting the joints, muscles, tendons and ligaments
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4. 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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5. Rheumatism
   Any ache in joints
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6. 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 ...
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7. 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 p...
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8. 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 attacki...
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9. rheumatism
   noun any painful disorder of the joints or muscles or connective tissues
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10. 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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11. 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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12. 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]
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13. 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.
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14. Rheumatism
    Rheumatism is a popular term for a variety of painful swelling conditions of joints, ligaments and muscles including bursitis.
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15. rheumatism
    Type: Term Pronunciation: rū′mă-tizm Definitions: 1. Obsolete term for rheumatic fever. 2. Indefinite term applied to various conditions with pain or other symptoms of articular origin or related to other elements of the musculoskeletal system.
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16. rheumatism
    Nontechnical term for a variety of ailments associated with inflammation and stiffness of the joints and muscles
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17. rheumatism
    A group of disorders marked by inflammation or pain in the connective tissue structures of the body. These structures include bone, cartilage, and fat.
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18. Rheumatism
    | ICD9 = | ICDO = | OMIM = | MedlinePlus = | eMedicineSubj = | eMedicineTopic = | MeshID = D012216 --> `Rheumatism` or `rheumatic disorder` is a non-specific term for medical problems affecting the joints and rheumatism-->--> The study of, and therapeutic interventions in, such disorders is called r...
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