Antirheumatic vs Rheumatic - What's the difference?
antirheumatic | rheumatic |
Resembling or relating to rheumatism.
Derived from, or having the character of, rheum; rheumic.
(rare) A person suffering from rheumatism
* 1890 , The American practitioner, Volumes 9-10?
* 1911 , George Knapp Abbott, Principles and practice of hydrotherapy
* {{quote-book, 1933, George Hoyt Bigelow & Herbert Luther Lombard, Cancer and Other Chronic Diseases in Massachusetts
, passage=The rheumatics in the survey who had complete disability had had this same disability for an average of two years.}}
As adjectives the difference between antirheumatic and rheumatic
is that antirheumatic is serving to prevent or counter rheumatism while rheumatic is resembling or relating to rheumatism.As nouns the difference between antirheumatic and rheumatic
is that antirheumatic is a drug that prevents or counters rheumatism while rheumatic is (rare) a person suffering from rheumatism.antirheumatic
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rheumatic
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(en adjective)Derived terms
* rheumatically * rheumatic feverNoun
(en noun)- It has been a clinical observation with me that the majority of chronic rheumatics are likewise the subjects of chronic constipation.
- It must, be confessed, however, that the majority of rheumatics are not able to stand such treatment.
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