adj. & n.
adj. 1 of, relating to, or suffering from rheumatism. 2 producing or produced by rheumatism.
n. a person suffering from rheumatism. rheumatic fever a non-infectious fever with inflammation and pain in the joints. rheumatically adv. rheumaticky adj. colloq.
[ ME f. OF reumatique or L rheumaticus f. Gk rheumatikos (as RHEUM) ]