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Webster 1913 Edition

Adj.

[Gr. [GREEK][GREEK][GREEK] subject to a discharge or flux: cf. L.

rheumaticus

, F.

rhumatique

. See

Derived from, or having the character of, rheum; rheumic.

[Obs.]

(Med.)

Of or pertaining to rheumatism;

as,

rheumatic

pains or affections

; affected with rheumatism;

as, a

rheumatic

old man

; causing rheumatism;

as, a

rheumatic

day

That

rheumatic

diseases do abound.

Shakespeare

Noun.

One affected with rheumatism.

Adj.

[L. rheumaticus; Gr. from rheum, which see.]

Pertaining to rheumatism, or partaking of its nature, as rheumatic pains or affections.