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| NOUN | 1 | rheumatism | Any painful disorder of the joints or muscles or connective tissues |
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| 2 | rheumatism, rheumatoid arthritis, atrophic arthritis | A chronic autoimmune disease with inflammation of the joints and marked deformities |
| Sounds | ruw'mahtih.zahm |
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| Rhymes | abolitionism, absenteeism, absolutism, and 548 more rhymes in ahm... |
| Meaning | Any painful disorder of the joints or muscles or connective tissues. |
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| Broader | disease |
| Adjectives | rheumatic; rheumatic |
| Meaning | 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. |
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| Synonyms | rheumatoid arthritis, atrophic arthritis |
| Category | virus |
| Broader | arthritis; autoimmune disease, autoimmune disorder |
| Narrower | psoriatic arthritis; Still's disease, juvenile rheumatoid arthritis |
| Adjectives | rheumatic; rheumatic |
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