rheumatic
1. rheu.mat.ic \ru.-'mat-ik\ \-i-k(*-)le-\ aj [ME rewmatik subject to rheum, fr. L rheumaticus, fr. Gk rheumat]ikos, fr. rheumat-, rheuma : of, relating to, characteristic of, or affected with rheumatism - rheu.mat.i.cal.ly av 2. rheumatic n : one affected with rheumatism