Definition of RHEUMATIC

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Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective People with rheumatic diseases are typically more susceptible to infections because their medications suppress the immune system. — Michele Cohen Marill, Wired, "Doctors Are Pooling Data to Help Understand Covid-19," 25 Mar. 2020 For the past few weeks, Trump has encouraged the use of the drug, hydroxychloroquine, which has been used to prevent malaria and treat rheumatic diseases but has shown promise in early evidence in fighting the coronavirus. — NBC News, "Ohio state representative wants to prosecute Trump for 'crimes against humanity'," 8 Apr. 2020 The water is said to have therapeutic effects on the metabolism, heart function, rheumatic conditions, and diseases of the nervous system—or, in other words, many of the afflictions of modern life. — Ann Abel, Condé Nast Traveler, "The Best Spas in the U.S. & Around the World: 2019 Readers' Choice Awards," 7 Oct. 2019 And Al-Zubaidi, who suffers from rheumatic heart disease, was struggling to obtain her heart medicine. — Abigail Hauslohner, Washington Post, "Coveted exemptions from Trump’s travel ban remain elusive for citizens of Muslim-majority countries," 22 May 2018 And Al-Zubaidi, who suffers from rheumatic heart disease, was struggling to obtain her heart medicine. — Abigail Hauslohner, Washington Post, "Coveted exemptions from Trump’s travel ban remain elusive for citizens of Muslim-majority countries," 22 May 2018 Thousands of Kenyans have heart valves scarred by rheumatic heart disease, which hardly exists in wealthy countries with ready access to antibiotics but is common in poor nations. — Donald G. Mcneil Jr., New York Times, "Jewish Philanthropists Create a Prize for Christian Missionaries," 27 Oct. 2017 In the 1980s, before the days of easy and cheap genomics, blood samples were taken with consent to analyze the unusually high levels of rheumatic disease in the Nuu-chah-nulth people of the Pacific Northwest of Canada. — Adam Rutherford, The Atlantic, "A New History of the First Peoples in the Americas," 3 Oct. 2017 In 1931, at the age of 64, David Sr. died of rheumatic fever, and in 1937, David Jr. was killed in an accident. — Taysha Murtaugh, Country Living, "This Abandoned 1920s Castle Exists Right Here in the U.S.—and It's for Sale," 8 Aug. 2017

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“Rheumatic.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/rheumatic. Accessed 29 May. 2020.

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