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rheumatic (adj.)

late 14c., from Old French reumatique (Modern French rhumatique), from Latin rheumaticus "troubled with rheum," from Greek rheumatikos, from rheuma "discharge from the body" (from PIE root *sreu- "to flow").

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Definitions of rheumatic from WordNet
1
rheumatic (n.)
a person suffering with rheumatism;
2
rheumatic (adj.)
of or pertaining to arthritis;
From wordnet.princeton.edu