The story
- Ancient Greek · derived fromῥεῦμα
- English todayrheumatology
From Ancient Greek ῥεῦμα (rheûma) (whence also English rheum) + -ology.
Words from the same roots
Ancient Greekῥεῦμα all →
rheum
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
rheumatology
Today it means: The branch of medicine specializing in arthritis and other ailments of the joints. Full definition →
Ancient Greek ῥεῦμα