noun

rheumatism

rheumatism

My grandmother's rheumatism gets worse in the cold.

My grandmother's rheumatism gets worse in the cold.

to suffer from ((rheumatism)) to have the medical condition of rheumatism She suffers from rheumatism.

Synonyms: arthritis

From Greek 'rheuma' (a flow, stream). The suffix '-ism' denotes a condition or disease.

Remember it as a condition (-ism) caused by a 'flow' (rheum) of bad humors, an old medical concept.

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