1 definition
for Rheumatism root
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :
Rheumatism \Rheu"ma*tism\, n. [L. rheumatismus rheum, Gr. ????,
fr.??? to have or suffer from a flux, fr. ??? rheum: cf. F.
rheumatisme. See 2d Rheum.] (Med.)
A general disease characterized by painful, often multiple,
local inflammations, usually affecting the joints and
muscles, but also extending sometimes to the deeper organs,
as the heart.
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Inflammatory rheumatism (Med.), acute rheumatism attended
with fever, and attacking usually the larger joints, which
become swollen, hot, and very painful.
Rheumatism root. (Bot.) See Twinleaf.
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