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rheumatoid

American  
[roo-muh-toid] / ˈru məˌtɔɪd /
Sometimes rheumatoidal

adjective

  1. resembling rheumatism.

  2. rheumatic.


rheumatoid British  
/ ˈruːməˌtɔɪd /

adjective

  1. (of the symptoms of a disease) resembling rheumatism

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Other Word Forms

  • rheumatoidally adverb

Etymology

Origin of rheumatoid

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

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