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Rheumatic vs Rheumatismal - What's the difference?

rheumatic | rheumatismal |

As adjectives the difference between rheumatic and rheumatismal

is that rheumatic is resembling or relating to rheumatism while rheumatismal is of or pertaining to rheumatism; rheumatic.

As a noun rheumatic

is a person suffering from rheumatism.

rheumatic

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Resembling or relating to rheumatism.
  • Derived from, or having the character of, rheum; rheumic.

    • Derived terms

    * rheumatically * rheumatic fever

    Related terms

    * rheumaticky * rheumatics

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (rare) A person suffering from rheumatism
  • * 1890 , The American practitioner, Volumes 9-10?
    • It has been a clinical observation with me that the majority of chronic rheumatics are likewise the subjects of chronic constipation.
  • * 1911 , George Knapp Abbott, Principles and practice of hydrotherapy
    • It must, be confessed, however, that the majority of rheumatics are not able to stand such treatment.
  • * {{quote-book, 1933, George Hoyt Bigelow & Herbert Luther Lombard, Cancer and Other Chronic Diseases in Massachusetts citation
    • , passage=The rheumatics in the survey who had complete disability had had this same disability for an average of two years.}}

    rheumatismal

    English

    Adjective

    (-)
  • (archaic, medicine) Of or pertaining to rheumatism; rheumatic.
    • (Webster 1913)