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Definition of: rheumatism
(r
′mə·tiz′əm) noun Pathol.
1. A variable, shifting, painful inflammation and stiffness of the muscles, joints, or other structures.
2. Rheumatic fever.
3. Rheumatoid arthritis. [<L rheumatismus rheum <Gk. rheumatismos <rheuma rheum]
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