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