rheumatismus

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.

rheumătismus, i, m., = ῥευματισμός,

rheum , catarrh (pure Lat. fluctio): levis humoris fluor quem Graeci rheumatismum vocant, Cael. Aur. Acut. 2, 27, 146; Plin. 22, 18, 21, § 46; 23, 2, 32, § 66; 24, 3, 3, § 7 et saep.