noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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Pronunciation
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1
noun
Meaning 1
The branch of medicine specializing in arthritis and other ailments of the joints.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
Topics: medicine, sciences
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
2
noun
Meaning 2
the branch of medicine dealing with the study and treatment of pathologies of the muscles or tendons or joints
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: medicine, medical specialty
History
Etymology
From Ancient Greek ῥεῦμα (rheûma) (whence also English rheum) + -ology.
Across languages
Translations
55 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Armenian:
ռեւմատոլոգիա
(ṙewmatologia)
— branch of medicine
Basque:
erreumatologia
— branch of medicine
Belarusian:
рэўматалогія
(rewmatalóhija)
— branch of medicine
Bulgarian:
ревматология
(revmatologija)
— branch of medicine
Catalan:
reumatologia
— branch of medicine
Chinese Mandarin:
風濕病學 /风湿病学
(fēngshībìngxué)
— branch of medicine
Czech:
revmatologie
— branch of medicine
Danish:
reumatologi
— branch of medicine
Dutch:
reumatologie
— branch of medicine
Estonian:
reumatoloogia
— branch of medicine
Finnish:
reumatologia
— branch of medicine
French:
rhumatologie
— branch of medicine
Galician:
reumatoloxía
— branch of medicine
Georgian:
რევმატოლოგია
(revmaṭologia)
— branch of medicine
German:
Rheumatologie
— branch of medicine
Greek:
ρευματολογία
(revmatología)
— branch of medicine
Ido:
reumatologio
— branch of medicine
Indonesian:
rematologi
— branch of medicine
Interlingua:
rheumatologia
— branch of medicine
Irish:
réamaiteolaíocht
— branch of medicine
Italian:
reumatologia
— branch of medicine
Japanese:
リウマチ学
(riumachigaku)
— branch of medicine
Javanese:
rematologi
— branch of medicine
Kazakh:
ревматология
(revmatologiä)
— branch of medicine
Korean:
류머티스학
(ryumeotiseuhak)
— branch of medicine
Latin:
rheumatologia
— branch of medicine
Latvian:
reimatoloģija
— branch of medicine
Lithuanian:
reumatologija
— branch of medicine
Malay:
reumatologi
— branch of medicine
Norwegian Bokmål:
revmatologi
— branch of medicine
Norwegian Nynorsk:
revmatologi
— branch of medicine
Persian:
روماتولوژی
(româtoloži)
— branch of medicine
Polish:
reumatologia
— branch of medicine
Portuguese:
reumatologia
— branch of medicine
Romanian:
reumatologie
— branch of medicine
Russian:
ревматоло́гия
(revmatológija)
— branch of medicine
Serbo-Croatian:
реуматоло̀гија
— branch of medicine
Serbo-Croatian:
reumatològija
— branch of medicine
Sinhalese:
රක්තවේදය
(raktawēdaya)
— branch of medicine
Slovak:
reumatológia
— branch of medicine
Slovene:
revmatologija
— branch of medicine
Lower Sorbian:
reumatologija
— branch of medicine
Upper Sorbian:
reumatologija
— branch of medicine
Spanish:
reumatología
— branch of medicine
Swedish:
reumatologi
— branch of medicine
Tagalog:
reumatolohiya
— branch of medicine
Telugu:
రుమటాలజీ
(rumaṭālajī)
— branch of medicine
Thai:
วิทยารูมาติก
(wít-tá-yaa roo maa dtìk)
— branch of medicine
Turkish:
romatoloji
— branch of medicine
Ukrainian:
ревматологія
(revmatolohija)
— branch of medicine
Uzbek:
ревматология
(revmatologiya)
— branch of medicine
