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Definitions: Rheumatic |
RheumaticAdjective1. Of or pertaining to arthritis; "my creaky old joints". Noun1. A person suffering with rheumatism. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "rheumatic" was first used: 1392. (references) |
| The following table is compiled from various sources, across various languages. When English abbreviations or acronyms come from a non-English source, this is noted. | |||
| Entry | Source | Expression | Field |
| RHD | English | Rheumatic heart disease | Medicine |
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |||
Synonyms: RheumaticSynonyms: arthritic (adj), creaky (adj), rheumatoid (adj). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Rheumatic |
| English words defined with "rheumatic": Arthrodynic ♦ Calabar bean, Chest founder ♦ melagra, mitral stenosis, mitral valve stenosis ♦ rheumatic aortitis, rheumatic fever, rheumatic heart disease, rheumatologist ♦ Saint Vitus dance, St. Vitus dance, Sydenham's chorea ♦ valvulitis. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "rheumatic": Anti-Inflammatory Agents, Antirheumatic Agents, and Inflammation Mediators ♦ Benzydamine ♦ human leucocyte antigen ♦ Rheumatic Diseases ♦ SIPARUNA GUIANENSIS, Streptococcus pyogenes ♦ Wissler's Syndrome. (references) |
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Movie/TV Titles | A Rheumatic Joint (1915) | |
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 | In Egypt, school children are examined for streptococcal infection, which may be a warning of rheumatic fever. / WHO p.Credit: National Library of Medicine; photo by D. Henrioud.. |  | A young patient with rheumatic fever on the terrace of the Pyramid Clinic. / WHO p.Credit: National Library of Medicine; photo by D. Henrioud.. |
 | A therapist trying to restore the use of a patient's rheumatic fingers. / WHO p.Credit: National Library of Medicine; photo by T. Frakas.. |  | International Symposium On Art, History And Antiquity Of Rheumatic Diseases / Illustration: Bernadette Jamar.Credit: National Library of Medicine. |
 | A young patient with rheumatic fever on the terrace of the Pyramid Clinic. / WHO p.Credit: National Library of Medicine; photo by D. Henrioud.. | ||
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| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Health | Rheumatic fever is a leading cause of acquired heart disease in young people worldwide. (references) | |
Sjogren's syndrome is also associated with rheumatic disorders such as rheumatoid arthritis. (references) | ||
These include such granulomatous diseases as berylliosis (a disease resulting from exposure to beryllium metal), tuberculosis, farmer's lung disease (hypersensitivity pneumonitis), fungal infections, rheumatoid arthritis, rheumatic fever, and cancer of the lymph nodes (lymphoma). (references) | ||
Economic History | Norway | Among these are newer medicines for rheumatic conditions, asthma and cardiovascular diseases. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| "Rheumatic" is generally used as an adjective (general or positive) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Rheumatic" is used about 47 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 |
| Adjective (general or positive) | 100% | 47 | 49,740 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "rheumatic": rheumatic aortitis ♦ Rheumatic Diseases ♦ rheumatic fever ♦ rheumatic heart disease ♦ Rheumatic Nodule ♦ rheumatic pain. Additional references. | |
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Ending with "rheumatic": non-rheumatic. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| 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. |
| Language | Translations for "rheumatic"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | dhimbje reumatike (rheumatic pain, tort). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | مختص بالرثية, مرثو مصاب بالرثيية, المرثو شخص مصاب بالرثيية, رثوي, شخص مصاب بداء المفاصل. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | ревматичен (rheumaticky), човек страдащ от ревматизъм. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 风湿性. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | revmatický. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | rheumatisk gonarthrit (rheumatic gonitis), rheumatisk anaemi (rheumatic anemia), rheumatisk angina (rheumatic angina), rheumatisk coxitis (rheumatic coxitis), rheumatisk gonitis (rheumatic gonitis), rheumatisk iritis (rheumatic iritis), rheumatisk neurit (rheumatic neuritis), rheumatisk pleurit (rheumatic pleurisy), rheumatiske knuder (rheumatic nodule), rheumatiske noduli (rheumatic nodule), rheumatisk arterit (rheumatic arteritis, rheumatismal arteritis), subakut reumatisk polyartrit uden affektion af hjerte og indre organer (subacute rheumatic fever), Aschoff's knuder (Aschoff bodies, Aschoff nodules, rheumatic nodule), neuritis rheumatica (rheumatic neuritis), gigtknuder (rheumatic nodule), gigtfeber (rheumatic fever), diathesis rheumatica (rheumatic diathesis). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | reumatische diathese (rheumatic diathesis), rheumatismus inflammatorius (rheumatic fever), rheumatismus articulorum acutus (rheumatic fever), rheumatische arteritis (rheumatic arteritis, rheumatismal arteritis), angina arthritica (rheumatic angina), angina rheumatica (rheumatic angina), diathesis rheumatica (rheumatic diathesis), gewrichtsreuma (rheumatic fever), gewrichtsreumatiek (rheumatic fever), acute gewrichtsreumatiek (rheumatic fever), noduli van Aschoff-Fraenkel-Tawara (Aschoff bodies, Aschoff nodules, rheumatic nodule), ziekte van Bouillaud (rheumatic fever), Stichting Het Nationaal Rheumafonds (National Fund for Rheumatic Diseases), subacute geneeselijke rheumatismus articularis van de volwassene (subacute rheumatic fever), vroeginfiltraat (early rheumatic lesion), granuloma rheumaticum (rheumatic nodule). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Farsi | ادم مبتلابدردمفاصل , رماتیسم گرفته . (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | reumaattinen. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | rhumatismal, rhumatisant. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | rheumatisch. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | κυνάγχη ρευματικής αιτιολογίας (rheumatic angina), ρευματική γονίτις ή γοναρθρίτις (rheumatic gonitis), ρευματική ιρίτις (rheumatic iritis), ρευματική πλευρίτις (rheumatic pleurisy), ρευματική αρτηρίτις (rheumatic arteritis, rheumatismal arteritis), ρευματική αρθρίτιδα ισχίου (rheumatic coxitis), ρευματική διάθεσις (rheumatic diathesis), ρευματικά οξίδια (Aschoff bodies, Aschoff nodules, rheumatic nodule), ιάσιμος υποξύς αρθρικός ρευματισμός του ενήλίκου (subacute rheumatic fever), πρόωρος ρευματική βλάβη (early rheumatic lesion), αναιμία επι ρευματικών παθήσεων (rheumatic anemia), οξίδια του Aschoff (Aschoff bodies, Aschoff nodules, rheumatic nodule). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hebrew | שגרוני, ראומטי. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | reumás beteg, reumás (rheumaticky). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Indonesian | rematik, encok (arthritic, gout, rheumatism). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | reumatico. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | リューマチ熱 (backpack, bullpen car, bullpen cart, lilas, lily skirt, linker, Lyon, lyophilization, lyric, lyrical, lyricism, relation, relational, relax, relaxation, relay, relay race, release, relief, relief pitcher, relocation service, rewind, rewrite, rheumatic fever, rucksack). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | リューマチねつ (rheumatic fever). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | aacheoidaghey, aacheoidagh (rheumatoid). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | eumaticrhay reumático. (various references) reumatic, bolnav de reumatism. (various references) ревматик ревматический. (various references) reumatski, reumatičan. (various references) reumático (rheumaticky). (various references) reumatisk (rheumaticky), reumatiker. (various references) เกี่ยวกับโรคปวดตามข้อและกล้ามเนื้อ, ผู้ที่เป็นโรคไขข้ออักเสบ. (various references) romatizmalı (rheumatical, rheumaticky), romatizmal (rheumatical), romatizma (rheumatical, rheumatics, rheumatism). (various references) ревматичний (rheumaticky, rheumatoid), ревматик. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | rheumaticus. (various references) |
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Derivations | |
Words beginning with "rheumatic": rheumatically, rheumatics. (additional references) | |
Words ending with "rheumatic": antirheumatic. (additional references) | |
Words containing "rheumatic": antirheumatics. (additional references) | |
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"Rheumatic" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: hubmatic, Rheometer, rheumatica, rheumaticky, rhuematic, rhumatic. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "rheumatic" (pronounced ruwma"tik) |
| 6 | -uw m a" t i k | pneumatic. |
| 5 | -m a" t i k | aromatic, asthmatic, asymptomatic, automatic, axiomatic, charismatic, cinematic, climatic, diagrammatic, diplomatic, dogmatic, dramatic, emblematic, enigmatic, enzymatic, idiomatic, mathematic, melodramatic, monochromatic, numismatic, posttraumatic, pragmatic, prismatic, problematic, programmatic, psychosomatic, schematic, semiautomatic, symptomatic, systematic, thematic, traumatic, undiplomatic. |
| 4 | -a" t i k | acrobatic, aerobatic, aristocratic, attic, autocratic, bureaucratic, democratic, ecstatic, electrostatic, emphatic, erratic, fanatic, hepatic, homeostatic, idiosyncratic, lymphatic, operatic, pancreatic, phosphatic, prostatic, static, technocratic, theocratic, undemocratic. |
| 3 | -t i k | acetic, acoustic, aesthetic, agnostic, alphabetic, altruistic, amniotic, anachronistic, analytic, anesthetic, antagonistic, Antarctic, antibiotic, antic, anticlimactic, antiseptic, aortic, apathetic, apocalyptic, apologetic, apoplectic, aquatic, arctic, arithmetic, arthritic, artistic, ascetic, astronautic, atavistic, atheistic, athletic, authentic, autistic, ballistic, bombastic, capitalistic, catalytic, cathartic, caustic, chaotic, characteristic, chauvinistic, chiropractic, climactic, coloristic, cosmetic, critic, cryptic, cultic, cystic, dendritic, despotic, deterministic, diabetic, diagnostic, dialectic, diamagnetic, didactic, dietetic, diuretic, domestic, drastic, drumstick, dualistic, dynastic, ecclesiastic, eclectic, ecliptic, elastic, electrolytic, electromagnetic, emetic, empathetic, energetic, enthusiastic, epigenetic, epileptic, erotic, euphemistic, evangelistic, exotic, expressionistic, extragalactic, fantastic, fatalistic, ferromagnetic, feudalistic, fiberoptic, frantic, frenetic, futuristic, galactic, genetic, geomagnetic, gigantic, granitic, gymnastic, halophytic, hectic, hedonistic, hemolytic, heretic, hermaphroditic, holistic, homiletic, humanistic, hyperkinetic, hypnotic, iconoclastic, idealistic, idiotic, imperialistic, impressionistic, individualistic, inelastic, interscholastic, jingoistic, journalistic, kinesthetic, kinetic, lactic, legalistic, linguistic, logistic, magnetic, majestic, masochistic, materialistic, mechanistic, militaristic, monastic, monopolistic, moralistic, mystic, narcissistic, narcotic, nationalistic, naturalistic, neritic, neurotic, novelistic, oligopolistic, onomastic, opportunistic, optic, optimistic, orthodontic, pantheistic, paralytic, paramagnetic, parasitic, parasympathetic, parthenogenetic, paternalistic, pathetic, patriotic, patristic, pectic, pedantic, peptic, peripatetic, pessimistic, phonetic, plastic, pluralistic, poetic, polytheistic, porphyritic, primitivistic, propagandistic, prophetic, prophylactic, prosthetic, psychoanalytic, psychotherapeutic, psychotic, puristic, quixotic, realistic, relativistic, ritualistic, robotic, romantic, rustic, sadistic, sarcastic, scholastic, semantic, semiotic, sensationalistic, septic, simplistic, skeptic, socialistic, statistic, stylistic, surrealistic, sycophantic, symbiotic, sympathetic, synergistic, synthetic, tactic, terroristic, therapeutic, thermoplastic, thrombolytic, transatlantic, triptych, unapologetic, unauthentic, uncharacteristic, unenthusiastic, unpatriotic, unrealistic, unsympathetic, voyeuristic. |
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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-c-e-h-i-m-r-t-u" | |
-1 letter: muricate, rhematic. | |
-2 letters: chetrum, chimera, haircut, hematic, matcher, muriate, rematch, rheumic, theriac, thermic, uraemic. | |
-3 letters: acetum, achier, acuter, aecium, atrium, cahier, cerium, chimar, chimer, cither, curate, curiae, curite, haemic, hermai, hermit, humate, humeri, imaret, iterum, mature, metric, mither, rachet, rectum, thairm, thiram, thrice, uratic, uremia, uremic, uretic. | |
-4 letters: acute, aimer, airth, aitch, amice, areic. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-c-e-h-i-m-r-t-u" | |
+1 letter: rheumatics. | |
+2 letters: euchromatic, euchromatin. | |
+3 letters: euchromatins. | |
+4 letters: antirheumatic, hermeneutical, multibranched, rheumatically. | |
+5 letters: antirheumatics, computerphobia, multichambered, multicharacter, pharmaceutical, subatmospheric, turbomachinery. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)52 68 65 75 6D 61 74 69 63 |
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