rheumatism
noun
any disorder of the extremities or back, characterized by pain and stiffness.
rheumatisms
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pluralof rheumatism.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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I could ask old women about their rheumatisms and order half-a-crown's worth of soup for the poor.
From Vanity Fair by Thackeray, William Makepeace
In fact, the commonest division is to separate the "rheumatisms" into two great groups: acute, covering the "fever" form, and chronic, containing all the others.
From Preventable Diseases by Hutchinson, Woods
Rackt as I am with rheumatisms, I meet every face with a greeting like that of Balak to Balaam—“Come, curse me Jacob; and come, defy me Israel!”
From The Complete Works of Robert Burns: Containing his Poems, Songs, and Correspondence. With a New Life of the Poet, and Notices, Critical and Biographical by Allan Cunningham by Burns, Robert
Many cases of influenza with high temperatures, also rheumatisms and bad feet, very few wounded.
From Diary of a Nursing Sister on the Western Front, 1914-1915 by Anonymous
We are a set of cowards and do-nothings; we sit at home rubbing our rheumatisms; but happily that does not prevent there being some of another stamp.
From Toilers of the Sea by Hugo, Victor
