rheumatic
Stiff and aching
Rheumatic describes conditions involving painful inflammation of joints, muscles, or connective tissue: rheumatic fever, rheumatic pain.
Someone with such a condition might be called a rheumatic, though this noun use is old-fashioned.
The word appears most often in medical contexts, though people use it loosely for any joint stiffness: My rheumatic knees predict rain.
Experiencing dull pain
- sorenessTender, painful sensation
- throbbingRhythmic painful pulsing
- gnawingPersistent biting action
- stiffnessResistance to deformation
tenderness · chronic · flare · damp · cold · nagging · dull · persistent
Body attacks itself
- synovitisInflamed joint membrane
- swellingAbnormal tissue enlargement
- stiffnessResistance to deformation
- tendernessGentle, caring quality
seropositive · seronegative · flare-up · remission · erosive · deformity · nodules · symmetric
Chronic autoimmune disorder
- sclerodermaSkin-tightening autoimmune condition
- polymyalgiaInflammatory disorder, muscle pain
- vasculitisVessel wall inflammation
- myositisInflammatory muscle disease
fibromyalgia · gout · spondylitis · psoriatic · Sjögren's · inflammatory · systemic · autoantibodies
Flexible connective body tissue
- bursaJoint's friction buffer
- effusionUnrestrained emotional discharge
- ankylosisAbnormal joint fusion
- articulationClear vocal expression
knuckles · knees · hips · shoulders · wrists · crepitus · contracture · swollen
Capacity for movement
- crutchesMobility aids for injured
- wheelchairSeated conveyance for mobility-impaired
- walkerAmbulatory person or aid
- braceDevice providing structural stability
splint · assistive · handicap · deformity · gnarled · crippling · debilitating · functional
Heart inflammation condition
- streptococcusSpherical bacteria in chains
- pharyngitisInflamed upper airway lining
- scarletBright orangish-red color
- penicillinFungus-derived infection fighter
antibiotics · valve · mitral · pericarditis · endocarditis · chorea · erythema · nodules
aching
Experiencing dull pain
stiffness · tenderness · chronic · flare · damp · cold · nagging · dull · persistent · discomfort
autoimmune
Body attacks itself
- synovitisInflamed joint membrane
- swellingAbnormal tissue enlargement
- stiffnessResistance to deformation
tenderness · seropositive · seronegative · flare-up · remission · erosive · deformity · nodules · symmetric · methotrexate
lupus
Chronic autoimmune disorder
- sclerodermaSkin-tightening autoimmune condition
- polymyalgiaInflammatory disorder, muscle pain
- vasculitisVessel wall inflammation
myositis · fibromyalgia · gout · spondylitis · psoriatic · Sjögren's · inflammatory · systemic · autoantibodies
cartilage
Flexible connective body tissue
articulation · knuckles · knees · hips · shoulders · wrists · crepitus · contracture · swollen · warm
mobility
Capacity for movement
- crutchesMobility aids for injured
- wheelchairSeated conveyance for mobility-impaired
- walkerAmbulatory person or aid
brace · splint · assistive · handicap · deformity · gnarled · crippling · debilitating · functional · adaptive
carditis
Heart inflammation condition
- streptococcusSpherical bacteria in chains
- pharyngitisInflamed upper airway lining
- scarletBright orangish-red color
penicillin · antibiotics · valve · mitral · pericarditis · endocarditis · chorea · erythema · nodules · subcutaneous
- cardiologyheart attack, heart failure, heart rate, heartbeat, cardiologist
rheumatichealthy
In good physical condition
sound · fit · able-bodied · well · unafflicted
- rheumatoid arthritisAutoimmune joint disease
- rheumatic feverStreptococcal infection's systemic inflammatory sequel
rheumatism, rheumatoid, rheumatology, rheumatologist, rheumatic fever, rheumatologists