rheumatology

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noun

The branch of medicine specializing in arthritis and other ailments of the joints.

Less commonScrabble 21

Meanings

nounrheumatology (uncountable)
  1. uncountablemedicineThe branch of medicine specializing in arthritis and other ailments of the joints.

Origin

  1. Ancient Greekῥεῦμα
  2. Englishrheumatology

From Ancient Greek ῥεῦμα (rheûma) (whence also English rheum) + -ology.

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Translations

Basque erreumatologia
  • erreumatologiabranch of medicine
Bulgarian ревматология
  • ревматология (revmatologija)branch of medicine
Catalan reumatologia
  • reumatologiabranch of medicine
Chinese Mandarin 風濕病學 /风湿病学
  • 風濕病學 /风湿病学 (fēngshībìngxué)branch of medicine
Czech revmatologie
  • revmatologiebranch of medicine
Danish reumatologi
  • reumatologibranch of medicine
Dutch reumatologie
  • reumatologiebranch of medicine
Estonian reumatoloogia
  • reumatoloogiabranch of medicine
Finnish reumatologia
  • reumatologiabranch of medicine
French rhumatologie
  • rhumatologiebranch of medicine
German Rheumatologie
  • Rheumatologiebranch of medicine
Greek ρευματολογία
  • ρευματολογία (revmatología)branch of medicine
Indonesian rematologi
  • rematologibranch of medicine
Irish réamaiteolaíocht
  • réamaiteolaíochtbranch of medicine
Italian reumatologia
  • reumatologiabranch of medicine
Japanese リウマチ学
  • リウマチ学 (riumachigaku)branch of medicine
Korean 류머티스학
  • 류머티스학 (ryumeotiseuhak)branch of medicine
Latin rheumatologia
  • rheumatologiabranch of medicine
Latvian reimatoloģija
  • reimatoloģijabranch of medicine
Lithuanian reumatologija
  • reumatologijabranch of medicine
Malay reumatologi
  • reumatologibranch of medicine
Norwegian Bokmål revmatologi
  • revmatologibranch of medicine
Persian روماتولوژی
  • روماتولوژی (româtoloži)branch of medicine
Polish reumatologia
  • reumatologiabranch of medicine
Portuguese reumatologia
  • reumatologiabranch of medicine
Romanian reumatologie
  • reumatologiebranch of medicine
Russian ревматоло́гия
  • ревматоло́гия (revmatológija)branch of medicine
Slovak reumatológia
  • reumatológiabranch of medicine
Spanish reumatología
  • reumatologíabranch of medicine
Swedish reumatologi
  • reumatologibranch of medicine
Tagalog reumatolohiya
  • reumatolohiyabranch of medicine
Thai วิทยารูมาติก
  • วิทยารูมาติก (wít-tá-yaa roo maa dtìk)branch of medicine
Turkish romatoloji
  • romatolojibranch of medicine
Ukrainian ревматологія
  • ревматологія (revmatolohija)branch of medicine
Vietnamese khoa thấp khớp
  • khoa thấp khớpbranch of medicine
Welsh rhiwmatoleg
  • rhiwmatolegbranch of medicine
Cite this entry
APA

rheumatology. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/rheumatology

MLA

“rheumatology.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/rheumatology. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “rheumatology,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/rheumatology.

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