I. (ˈ)rü|mad.]ik, -at], ]ēk also (ˈ)ru̇|m- or rəˈm- adjective
Etymology: Middle English rewmatik, from Latin rheumaticus troubled with rheum, from Greek rheumatikos subject to rheum or flux, from rheumat-, rheuma rheum, flux + -ikos -ic
1. obsolete : derived from or being rheum : full of rheum : suffering from rheum : tending to cause rheum
2.
a. : of, relating to, or characteristic of rheumatism : attending or caused by rheumatism
rheumatic pain
b. : affected with rheumatism
a rheumatic joint
• rheu·mat·i·cal·ly ]ə̇k(ə)lē, ]ēk-, -li adverb
II. “, in sense 2 -iks, -ēks, ˈrüməˌtiks also ˈru̇m-\ noun
( -s )
1. : one affected with rheumatism
2. rheu·matics plural , dialect : rheumatism — often used with the