
1) Disease
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1) Rheumatismus 2) Screws
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Rheumatism or rheumatic disorder is a non-specific term for medical problems affecting the joints and connective tissue. The study of, and therapeutic interventions in, such disorders is called rheumatology. ==Terminology== The term `rheumatism` is still used in colloquial speech and historical contexts, but is no longer frequently used in medic.....
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• (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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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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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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<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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(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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Any disorder associated with pain in joints - May be a euphemism for rheumatic heart disease
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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, usual...
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Any ache in joints
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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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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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Any disorder marked by inflammation, degeneration of joints.
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Rheumatism is a popular term for a variety of painful swelling conditions of joints, ligaments and muscles including bursitis.
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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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[
n] - any painful disorder of the joints or muscles or connective tissues
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noun any painful disorder of the joints or muscles or connective tissues
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Nontechnical term for a variety of ailments associated with inflammation and stiffness of the joints and muscles
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[Literary terms] any painful disorder of the joints or muscles
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