rheumatoid
pronunciation
How to pronounce rheumatoid in British English:
UK ['ru:mətɔɪd]
How to pronounce rheumatoid in American English:
US ['ruməˌtɔɪd]
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- Adjective:
- of or pertaining to arthritis
Word Origin
- rheumatoid (adj.)
- 1847, from Greek rheumat-, stem of rheuma "a discharge from the body" (see rheum) + -oid.
Example
- 1. Rheumatoid arthritis is a painful condition that affects your joints .
- 2. Suppressing those signals could limit the autoimmunity that causes inflammation in rheumatoid arthritis patients .
- 3. This probably explains why it takes years for rheumatoid arthritis to spread in humans .
- 4. Clinical observation on 60 cases of rheumatoid arthritis with jinjian decoction .
- 5. The study included 121 people with rheumatoid arthritis who had six or more painful joints .