Rheumatoid
adjective
1.
resembling rheumatism.
2.
rheumatic.
adjective
1.
(of the symptoms of a disease) resembling rheumatism
rheumatoid rheu·ma·toid (rōō’mə-toid’)
adj.
Of or resembling rheumatism.
Suffering from rheumatism.
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