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Adjective
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 Systemic lupus erythematosus and Sjögren’s disease, linked to gland and organ dysfunction, are examples of prevalent rheumatic diseases.—Johnson & Johnson, Forbes, 18 Dec. 2024 Another 300-400,000 people a year die from rheumatic heart disease, a chronic condition caused by damage from strep infection.—Dylan Matthews, Vox, 7 Dec. 2018 In naturopathy, the wild herb has long been used as a remedy for urinary tract infections, some rheumatic diseases, high blood pressure, and more.—Katharina Walser, Glamour, 27 Nov. 2024 See All Example Sentences for rheumatic
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Etymology
Adjective
Middle English rewmatik subject to rheum, from Anglo-French reumatike, from Latin rheumaticus, from Greek rheumatikos, from rheumat-, rheuma
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