Rheumatology

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The branch of medicine specializing in arthritis and other ailments of the joints. uncountable
  2. 2
    the branch of medicine dealing with the study and treatment of pathologies of the muscles or tendons or joints wordnet

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ῥεῦμα (rheûma) (whence also English rheum) + -ology.

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