Rheumatic is used to describe conditions and pains that are related to rheumatism. Rheumatic joints are swollen and painful because they are affected by rheumatism.
...new treatments for a range of rheumatic diseases.
It gives rapid relief from rheumatic aches and pains.
2. graded adjective
Someone who is rheumatic suffers from rheumatism.
rheumatic in British English
(ruːˈmætɪk)
adjective also: rheumatical
1.
of, relating to, or having rheumatism
noun
2.
a person with rheumatism
Derived forms
rheumatically (rheuˈmatically)
adverb
Word origin
C14: ultimately from Greek rheumatikos, from rheuma a flow; see rheum
rheumatic in American English
(ruˈmætɪk)
adjective
1.
of, caused by, characteristic of, or having rheumatism
noun
2.
a person who has rheumatism
Idioms:
the rheumatics
Derived forms
rheumatically (rheuˈmatically)
adverb
Word origin
ME reumatike < OFr reumatique < L rheumaticus < Gr rheumatikos: see rheum
Examples of 'rheumatic' in a sentence
rheumatic
The trees felt cold in their nakedness, bearing their branches like rheumatic bones.
Preethi Nair GYPSY MASALA (2004)
She shook her head at me, I remember, and I said something about her rheumatic hands finding hot dishes a problem.
Lyall, Francis A DEATH IN TIME (2004)
She twisted the key and the engine finally turned over, rheumatic but alive.