Main Entry: ¹rheu·mat·ic

Pronunciation: \ru̇-ˈma-tik\

Function: adjective

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

Date: 1711

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

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