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In California alone, over 5.9 million patients are diagnosed with arthritis, which includes more than 100 rheumatic diseases that are often treated at infusion centers.
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Dan McCarty, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 May 2025
The goal of a strep vaccine would be to prevent some of the longer term consequences of strep infection, such as rheumatic heart disease, which are triggered by the immune system responding to the infection.
—Alice Park, Time, 10 Apr. 2025
Ask whether your condition may be due to a rheumatic autoimmune disease — even in the absence of abnormal blood tests.
Bring an ally to your appointments.
—Tom Gavin, EverydayHealth.com, 3 Mar. 2025
The exact causes of rheumatic diseases are unknown.
—Lana Barhum, Verywell Health, 27 Sep. 2024
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Dan McCarty, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 May 2025
The goal of a strep vaccine would be to prevent some of the longer term consequences of strep infection, such as rheumatic heart disease, which are triggered by the immune system responding to the infection.
—Alice Park, Time, 10 Apr. 2025
Ask whether your condition may be due to a rheumatic autoimmune disease — even in the absence of abnormal blood tests.
Bring an ally to your appointments.
—Tom Gavin, EverydayHealth.com, 3 Mar. 2025
The exact causes of rheumatic diseases are unknown.
—Lana Barhum, Verywell Health, 27 Sep. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for rheumatic
arthritic
Adjective
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In front of me, as various motors rev up to speed, the robot shuffles in place, looking like an arthritic boxer readying for a fight.—
James Vincent,
Harpers Magazine,
30 Dec. 2025
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There was no chair on the front porch, no arthritic old setter, and no Parker Invincible, either.—
Joel M. Vance,
Outdoor Life,
29 Oct. 2025
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“Rheumatic.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/rheumatic. Accessed 16 Jan. 2026.
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