Rheumatoid

adj, noun

adj, noun ·3 syllables ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

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."

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

Synonyms

All synonyms
arthriticcreakyrheumaticrheumyunhealthy

Example

More examples

"People with rheumatoid arthritis symptoms should be careful about what they eat."

Etymology

From rheumat(ism) + -oid.

Related phrases

rheumatoid arthritisrheumatoid factorrheumatoid nodulerheumatoid pleuritisrheumatoid pneumoconiosisrheumatoid spondylitis

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