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Definitions: Rheumatism |
RheumatismNoun1. Any painful disorder of the joints or muscles or connective tissues. 2. A chronic autoimmune disease with inflammation of the joints and marked deformities; something (possibly a virus) triggers an attack on the synovium by the immune system, which releases cytokines that stimulate an inflammatory reaction that can lead to the destruction of all components of the joint. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "rheumatism" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1749. (references) |
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Dream Interpretation | To feel rheumatism attacking you in a dream, foretells unexpected delay in the accomplishment of plans. To see others so afflicted brings disappointments. Source: Ten Thousand Dreams Interpreted .... |
Health | A group of disorders marked by inflammation or pain in the connective tissue structures of the body. These structures include bone, cartilage, and fat. (references) |
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Synonyms: RheumatismSynonyms: atrophic arthritis (n), rheumatoid arthritis (n). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Physical Pain | Noun: pain; suffering, sufferance, suffrance; bodily pain, physical pain, bodily suffering, physical suffering, body pain; mental suffering; dolour, ache; aching. Verb: smart; shoot, shooting; twinge, twitch, gripe, headache, stomach ache, heartburn, angina, angina pectoris; hurt, cut; sore, soreness; discomfort, malaise; cephalalgia, earache, gout, ischiagra, lumbago, neuralgia, odontalgia, otalgia, podagra, rheumatism, sciatica; tic douloureux, toothache, tormina, torticollis. |
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Crosswords: Rheumatism |
| English words defined with "rheumatism": Colchicum autumnale, common stinkhorn ♦ desert rheumatism, Dioscorea paniculata ♦ Gonorrhoeal ♦ Inflammatory rheumatism ♦ Marking nut, mud bath ♦ Phallus impudicus ♦ rheumatic, Rheumatism root, rheumatism weed, Rheumatismal, Rheumatismoid ♦ Salicylic ♦ Uroerythrin ♦ Veratrine ♦ wild yam ♦ Yerba reuma. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "rheumatism": ANTIRHEUMATIC, APEIBA TIBOURBOU ♦ Bee Venoms, BIDENS PILOSA ♦ CISSUS SICYOIDES, Cold-Bath Fields ♦ DIALYANTHERA OTOBA ♦ GOUT ♦ HURA CREPITANS, HYPTIS VERTICILLATA ♦ ICHTHYOTHERE SCANDENS, ICHTHYOTHERE TERMINALES ♦ Of ♦ Pepenance, PSYCHOTRIA COOPERI ♦ Rheumatism ♦ SIPARUNA NICARAGUENSIS, SMITHAREEN ♦ URERA ♦ With. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "Rheumatism" is also a word in the following language with the English translation in parentheses. German (rheumatics). |
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Movie/TV Titles | Romance and Rheumatism (1920) | |
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 | [Fourth Interim Scientific Session, American Rheumatism Association].Credit: National Library of Medicine. |  | [Third Interim Scientific Session, American Rheumatism Association].Credit: National Library of Medicine. |
 | U. S. Army Hospital Number 101, St. Nazaire, France. : Bronchitis, asthma and rheumatism ward.Credit: National Library of Medicine. |  | Sam Morano worked in mines since childhood until he got rheumatism, very common among miners. Learned about various cures and now, beside other miners, patients come from Pittsburgh, etc. Scotts Run, West Virginia.Credit: Library of Congress. |
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Josh Billings | The best medicine I know for rheumatism is to thank the Lord it ain't the gout. |
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Les Miserables | Hugo, Victor | He was a little gouty, and when he slept, his old fingers, stiffened with rheumatism, were clenched in the folds of the clothes. |
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Lexicography | Devil's Dictionary | SMITHAREEN, n. A fragment, a decomponent part, a remain. The word is used variously, but in the following verse on a noted female reformer who opposed bicycle-riding by women because it "led them to the devil" it is seen at its best: The wheels go round without a sound -- The maidens hold high revel; In sinful mood, insanely gay, True spinsters spin adown the way From duty to the devil! They laugh, they sing, and -- ting-a-ling! Their bells go all the morning; Their lanterns bright bestar the night Pedestrians a-warning. With lifted hands Miss Charlotte stands, Good-Lording and O-mying, Her rheumatism forgotten quite, Her fat with anger frying. She blocks the path that leads to wrath, Jack Satan's power defying. The wheels go round without a sound The lights burn red and blue and green. What's this that's found upon the ground? Poor Charlotte Smith's a smithareen! John William Yope |
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| "Rheumatism" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 99.06% of the time. "Rheumatism" is used about 106 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 99.06% | 105 | 31,781 |
| Adjective (general or positive) | 0.94% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Total | 100.00% | 106 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "rheumatism": articular rheumatism ♦ desert rheumatism ♦ Inflammatory rheumatism ♦ muscular rheumatism ♦ rheumatism root ♦ rheumatism weed. Additional references. | |
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| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
rheumatism | 229 |
arthritis and rheumatism | 34 |
palindromic rheumatism | 30 |
rheumatism symptom | 8 |
arthritis journal rheumatism | 6 |
rheumatism treatment | 5 |
soft tissue rheumatism | 4 |
american association rheumatism | 4 |
palendromic rheumatism | 3 |
muscular rheumatism | 3 |
arthritis in rheumatism seminar | 3 |
cure for rheumatism | 3 |
against european league rheumatism | 2 |
information it rheumatism | 2 |
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| Language | Translations for "rheumatism"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | روماتزم, رثية. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | ревматизъм. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 风湿病, 風濕 . (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | revmatismus. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | reumatisme. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | reumatiek. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Esperanto | reŭmatismo. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Faeroese | gikt (arthritis). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | reumatismi (rheumatics), leini (gout). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | rhumatisme. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | Rheumatismus, Rheuma. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | ρευματισμοί. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hebrew | שגרון. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | reuma (rheumatics), csúz (joint gout, rheumatics). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Indonesian | encok (arthritic, gout, rheumatic). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | reumatismo. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | リムド鋼 (lute, rearcar, remake, remote, remote car, remote control, remote directory, remote sensing, remote switch, rimland, rimmed steel, sledge). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | リューマチ . (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Korean | 류머티즘. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Malay | encok. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | eaghcheoy, aacheoid. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Papiamen | rematismo. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | eumatismrhay reumatismo. (various references) reumatism. (various references) ревматизм (rheumatics). (various references) siatag (sciatica), lòinidh (nm.ind. rheumatism). (various references) reumatizam (rheumatics). (various references) reumatismo (rheumatics), reuma (rheum). (various references) reumatism (rheumatics). (various references) โรคไขข้ออักเสบ (rheumatic fever, rheumatoid arthritis). (various references) romatizma (rheumatic, rheumatical, rheumatics). (various references) guragyryly, bilagyry. (various references) ревматизм (rheumatics). (various references) gwynegon, cymalwst. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Words beginning with "rheumatism": rheumatisms. (additional references) | |
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"Rheumatism" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: rehumatism, reuhmatism, reumatism, rheumanism, rhuematism, rhumatism. (additional references) | |
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| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "rheumatism" (pronounced ruw"muti'zum) |
| 7 | -m u t i' z u m | astigmatism, dogmatism, pragmatism. |
| 6 | -u t i' z u m | conservatism, corporatism, despotism, diamagnetism, egotism, electromagnetism, ergotism, favoritism, ferromagnetism, helotism, hypnotism, magnetism, nepotism, patriotism, separatism. |
| 5 | -t i' z u m | absolutism, autism, baptism, defeatism, elitism, Irredentism, leftism, pietism, statism, vigilantism. |
| 4 | -i' z u m | abolitionism, absenteeism, activism, adventurism, agrarianism, alcoholism, altruism, amateurism, anachronism, aneurism, animism, antagonism, aphorism, atavism, atheism, authoritarianism, barbarism, bilingualism, bolshevism, boosterism, botulism, cannibalism, capitalism, catechism, centralism, chauvinism, classicism, collectivism, colonialism, commercialism, communism, consumerism, counterterrorism, creationism, criticism, cronyism, cubism, cynicism, dandyism, deism, determinism, diastrophism, dimorphism, Druidism, dualism, dwarfism, dynamism, egalitarianism, egoism, embolism, emotionalism, empiricism, entrepreneurialism, environmentalism, eroticism, escapism, ethnocentrism, euphemism, evangelism, expansionism, expressionism, extremism, factionalism, fanaticism, fascism, fatalism, federalism, feminism, fetishism, feudalism, formalism, fundamentalism, futurism, geotropism, gnosticism, gradualism, hedonism, heroism, hooliganism, humanism, idealism, illusionism, imperialism, impressionism, incrementalism, individualism, intellectualism, internationalism, interventionism, isolationism, isomorphism, jingoism, journalism, legalism, lesbianism, liberalism, lyricism, mannerism, masochism, materialism, mechanism, mercantilism, mesmerism, metabolism, methodism, microorganism, militarism, minimalism, modernism, monasticism, monetarism, monism, monotheism, moralism, multiculturalism, multilateralism, mutualism, mysticism, narcissism, nationalism, nativism, naturalism, negativism, neutralism, nihilism, obstructionism, opportunism, optimism, organism, ostracism, overoptimism, pacifism, paganism, parallelism, parkinsonism, parochialism, pastoralism, paternalism, perfectionism, pessimism, pharisaism, plagiarism, pluralism, polymorphism, polytheism, populism, positivism, professionalism, protectionism, provincialism, puritanism, racialism, racism, radicalism, realism, recidivism, relativism, republicanism, revisionism, romanticism, sadism, satanism, sectarianism, secularism, sensationalism, sexism, skepticism, socialism, stoicism, supernaturalism, surrealism, symbolism, synergism, territorialism, terrorism, theism, tokenism, totalitarianism, tourism, truism, unionism, vandalism, vegetarianism, voluntarism, volunteerism, voyeurism. |
| 3 | -z u m | bosom, careerism, chasm, cytoplasm, enthusiasm, iconoclasm, ism, microcosm, neoplasm, orgasm, phantasm, prism, sarcasm, schism, spasm. |
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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-e-h-i-m-m-r-s-t-u" | |
-1 letter: immatures. | |
-2 letters: hammiest, immature, marmites, muriates, rammiest, rummiest, thesauri. | |
-3 letters: atheism, atriums, hammers, hammier, hamster, hastier, hermits, hirsute, humates, hummers, imarets, immures, maestri, maihems, maimers, marmite, matures, maumets, mishear, mismate, misrate, misterm, mithers, muriate, mushier, mustier, rammish, rummest, rummies, semimat, shammer, shimmer, smartie, stammer, strumae, summate, tammies, thairms, thirams, tummies, uremias. | |
-4 letters: aimers, airest. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-e-h-i-m-m-r-s-t-u" | |
+1 letter: rheumatisms. | |
+5 letters: immunotherapies. | |
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