rheumatic

¹rheu·mat·ic

adj \ru̇-ˈma-tik\

Definition of RHEUMATIC

: of, relating to, characteristic of, or affected with rheumatism

— rheu·mat·i·cal·ly \-ti-k(ə-)lē\ adverb

Origin of RHEUMATIC

Middle English rewmatik subject to rheum, from Anglo-French reumatike, from Latin rheumaticus, from Greek rheumatikos, from rheumat-, rheuma

First Known Use: 1711

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Rhymes with RHEUMATIC

agnatic, aquatic, asthmatic, Carnatic, chromatic, climatic, comatic, dalmatic, dogmatic, dramatic, ecstatic, emphatic, erratic, eustatic, fanatic, hepatic, judgmatic, komatik, lymphatic, magmatic, neumatic, phlegmatic, plasmatic, pneumatic, pragmatic, prismatic, protatic, quadratic, schematic, schismatic, sciatic, Socratic, somatic, spermatic, stigmatic, sylvatic, thematic, traumatic, villatic