inflammatory rheumatism

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inflammatory rheumatism - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Rheumatism \Rheu"ma*tism\, n. [L. rheumatismus rheum, Gr. ????,
     fr.??? to have or suffer from a flux, fr. ??? rheum: cf. F.
     rheumatisme. See 2d Rheum.] (Med.)
     A general disease characterized by painful, often multiple,
     local inflammations, usually affecting the joints and
     muscles, but also extending sometimes to the deeper organs,
     as the heart.
     [1913 Webster]
  
     Inflammatory rheumatism (Med.), acute rheumatism attended
        with fever, and attacking usually the larger joints, which
        become swollen, hot, and very painful.
  
     Rheumatism root. (Bot.) See Twinleaf.
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