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rheumatoid

[ roo-muh-toid ]

/ ˈru məˌtɔɪd /

adjective

resembling rheumatism.

rheumatic.

Sometimes rheu·ma·toi·dal [roo-muh-toi-dl] /ˌru məˈtɔɪ dl/.

Origin of rheumatoid

1855–60; < Greek rheumat- (stem of rheûma; see rheum) + -oid

OTHER WORDS FROM rheumatoid

rheu·ma·toi·dal·ly, adverb

Words nearby rheumatoid

rheumatic pneumonia, rheumatics, rheumatid, rheumatism, rheumatism-root, rheumatoid, rheumatoid arthritis, rheumatoid factor, rheumatoid nodule, rheumatoid spondylitis, rheumatologist

Example sentences from the Web for rheumatoid

Researchers have found that a drug approved for rheumatoid arthritis helped a patient suffering from alopecia halt his hair loss.

Can This Arthritis Drug Cure Baldness? |Erin Cunningham |June 20, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
The thing is that autoimmune diseases—like diabetes, inflammatory bowel disease, and rheumatoid arthritis—are on the rise.

New Research Shows Poorly Understood “Leaky Gut Syndrome” Is Real, May Be the Cause of Several Diseases |Daniela Drake |March 27, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
In 1994, Bill Poling was 36, unemployed and suffering from rheumatoid arthritis.

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Well, part of that was the medication for my rheumatoid arthritis.

Kathleen Turner's New Broadway High |Kevin Sessums |April 17, 2011 |DAILY BEAST

Are you talking about your battle with rheumatoid arthritis and the need to deaden the pain of it?

Kathleen Turner's New Broadway High |Kevin Sessums |April 17, 2011 |DAILY BEAST
It is not yet established that they are peculiar to rheumatism and to rheumatoid arthritis.

A System of Practical Medicine By American Authors, Vol. II |Various
Gout is periodical in its attacks, while rheumatoid arthritis is progressive.

A System of Practical Medicine By American Authors, Vol. II |Various
This is succeeded by rheumatoid pains in the limbs, with the frequent accompaniment of considerable swelling.

Parasites |T. Spencer Cobbold
Much the same remarks apply to the view that gout in the parents may transmit a tendency to rheumatoid arthritis in the offspring.

A System of Practical Medicine By American Authors, Vol. II |Various
He may have had true articular rheumatism as well as rheumatoid arthritis.

A System of Practical Medicine By American Authors, Vol. II |Various

British Dictionary definitions for rheumatoid

rheumatoid

/ (ˈruːməˌtɔɪd) /

adjective

(of the symptoms of a disease) resembling rheumatism

Derived forms of rheumatoid

rheumatoidally, adverb

Medical definitions for rheumatoid

rheumatoid

[ rōō′mə-toid′ ]

adj.

Of or resembling rheumatism.

Suffering from rheumatism.