noun · 4 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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/ˈɹu.məˌtɪz.əm/
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US, dialectal, obsolete:/ˈɹu.məˌtɪz/
CMU ARPABET:R UW1 M AH0 T IH2 Z AH0 M
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1
noun
Meaning 1
Any disorder of the muscles, tendons, joints, bones, nerves, characterized by pain, discomfort and disability.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: medicine, pathology, sciences
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
2
noun
Meaning 2
Atrophic arthritis, rheumatoid arthritis
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: medicine, pathology, sciences
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
3
noun
Meaning 3
any painful disorder of the joints or muscles or connective tissues
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: disease
4
noun
Meaning 4
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
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
First attested 1601, from Latin rheumatismus (“rheum”), from Ancient Greek ῥευματισμός (rheumatismós, “humour, discharge, rheum”) from ῥευματίζομαι (rheumatízomai, “to suffer from a rheum”) from ῥεῦμα (rheûma, “stream, flow”) from ῥέω (rhéō, “to flow”)
Across languages
Translations
60 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Arabic:
رَثْيَة
(raṯya)
— any painful disorder of muscles, tendons, joints, bones and nerves
Armenian:
ռեւմատիզմ
(ṙewmatizm)
— any painful disorder of muscles, tendons, joints, bones and nerves
Bulgarian:
ревматизъм
(revmatizǎm)
— any painful disorder of muscles, tendons, joints, bones and nerves
Catalan:
reumatisme
— any painful disorder of muscles, tendons, joints, bones and nerves
Chinese Mandarin:
風濕 /风湿
(fēngshī)
— any painful disorder of muscles, tendons, joints, bones and nerves
Chinese Mandarin:
風濕病 /风湿病
(fēngshībìng)
— any painful disorder of muscles, tendons, joints, bones and nerves
Czech:
revmatismus
— any painful disorder of muscles, tendons, joints, bones and nerves
Esperanto:
reŭmatismo
— any painful disorder of muscles, tendons, joints, bones and nerves
Faroese:
gikt
— any painful disorder of muscles, tendons, joints, bones and nerves
Finnish:
reumatismi
— any painful disorder of muscles, tendons, joints, bones and nerves
Finnish:
reuma
— any painful disorder of muscles, tendons, joints, bones and nerves
French:
rhumatisme
— any painful disorder of muscles, tendons, joints, bones and nerves
Galician:
reumatismo
— any painful disorder of muscles, tendons, joints, bones and nerves
Galician:
reuma
— any painful disorder of muscles, tendons, joints, bones and nerves
German:
Rheuma
— any painful disorder of muscles, tendons, joints, bones and nerves
German:
Rheumatismus
— any painful disorder of muscles, tendons, joints, bones and nerves
Hebrew:
שיגרון
— any painful disorder of muscles, tendons, joints, bones and nerves
Hindi:
गठिया
(gaṭhiyā)
— any painful disorder of muscles, tendons, joints, bones and nerves
Hungarian:
reuma
— any painful disorder of muscles, tendons, joints, bones and nerves
Hungarian:
csúz
— any painful disorder of muscles, tendons, joints, bones and nerves
Irish:
scoilteacha
— any painful disorder of muscles, tendons, joints, bones and nerves
Irish:
daitheacha
— any painful disorder of muscles, tendons, joints, bones and nerves
Japanese:
リウマチ
(riumachi)
— any painful disorder of muscles, tendons, joints, bones and nerves
Japanese:
リューマチ
(ryūmachi)
— any painful disorder of muscles, tendons, joints, bones and nerves
Kazakh:
ревматизм
(revmatizm)
— any painful disorder of muscles, tendons, joints, bones and nerves
Kazakh:
құздама
(qūzdama)
— any painful disorder of muscles, tendons, joints, bones and nerves
Khmer:
ឈឺសន្លាក់ឆ្អឹង
(chɨɨ sɑnlak chʼəng)
— any painful disorder of muscles, tendons, joints, bones and nerves
Korean:
류머티즘
(ryumeotijeum)
— any painful disorder of muscles, tendons, joints, bones and nerves
Lezgi:
кпул
(kpul)
— any painful disorder of muscles, tendons, joints, bones and nerves
Māori:
kaikoiwi
— any painful disorder of muscles, tendons, joints, bones and nerves
Māori:
rūmātiki
— any painful disorder of muscles, tendons, joints, bones and nerves
Marathi:
संधिवात
(sandhivāt)
— any painful disorder of muscles, tendons, joints, bones and nerves
Navajo:
agizii
— any painful disorder of muscles, tendons, joints, bones and nerves
Plautdietsch:
Rietinj
— any painful disorder of muscles, tendons, joints, bones and nerves
Polish:
reumatyzm
— any painful disorder of muscles, tendons, joints, bones and nerves
Portuguese:
reumatismo
— any painful disorder of muscles, tendons, joints, bones and nerves
Russian:
ревмати́зм
(revmatízm)
— any painful disorder of muscles, tendons, joints, bones and nerves
Scottish Gaelic:
lòinidh
— any painful disorder of muscles, tendons, joints, bones and nerves
Scottish Gaelic:
siataig
— any painful disorder of muscles, tendons, joints, bones and nerves
Sicilian:
ramatichi
— any painful disorder of muscles, tendons, joints, bones and nerves
Slovak:
reumatizmus
— any painful disorder of muscles, tendons, joints, bones and nerves
Spanish:
reumatismo
— any painful disorder of muscles, tendons, joints, bones and nerves
Tagalog:
rayuma
— any painful disorder of muscles, tendons, joints, bones and nerves
Tausug:
ulapid
— any painful disorder of muscles, tendons, joints, bones and nerves
Thai:
รูมาติซึม
— any painful disorder of muscles, tendons, joints, bones and nerves
Turkish:
romatizma
— any painful disorder of muscles, tendons, joints, bones and nerves
Ottoman Turkish:
یل
(yel)
— any painful disorder of muscles, tendons, joints, bones and nerves
Vietnamese:
(bệnh) phong thấp
— any painful disorder of muscles, tendons, joints, bones and nerves
Vietnamese:
(bệnh) tê thấp
— any painful disorder of muscles, tendons, joints, bones and nerves
Vietnamese:
(bệnh) thấp khớp
— any painful disorder of muscles, tendons, joints, bones and nerves
Chinese Mandarin:
類風濕性關節炎 /类风湿性关节炎
(lèifēngshīxìng guānjiéyán)
— rheumatoid arthritis