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Rheumatoid

adj, noun

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Involving or pertaining to rheumatism, especially rheumatoid arthritis. not-comparable, usually

    "Rheumatoid sufferers have such pain and discomfort every day of their lives that they live eternally in high hopes of something effective turning up."

  2. 2
    Presenting analogies with rheumatism. dated, not-comparable, usually
Adjective
  1. 1
    of or pertaining to arthritis wordnet
Noun
  1. 1
    A person with rheumatoid arthritis. dated

    "The highly significant findings with regard to hurt feelings suggests that the hypothesis that rheumatoids learn to hide their hurt feelings [7] and are reticent about expressing their dissatisfactions [4] may be correct."

Etymology

Etymology 1

From rheumat(ism) + -oid.

Etymology 2

From rheumat(ism) + -oid.

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