adj.
Pronunciation: ru ̇ - ' ma-tik
Function: adjective
Etymology: Middle English rewmatik subject to rheum, from Anglo-French reumatike, from Latin rheumaticus, from Greek rheumatikos, from rheumat-, rheuma
Date: 1711
: of, relating to, characteristic of, or affected with rheumatism
– rheu · mat · i · cal · ly \ -ti-k( ə -)l ē \ adverb