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rheumatism (medicine) and zing 1, noun (oh)


rheumatism (medicine)


rheumatism
<medicine> A General disease characterised by painful, often multiple, local inflammations, usually affecting the joints and muscles, but also extending sometimes to the deeper organs, as the heart.

<medicine> Inflammatory rheumatism, acute rheumatism attended with fever, and attacking usually the larger joints, which become swollen, hot, and very painful. Rheumatism root.

<botany> See Twinleaf.

Origin: L. Rheumatismus rheum, Gr, fr. To have or suffer from a flux, fr. Rheum: cf. F. Rheumatisme. See 2d Rheum.

Source: Websters Dictionary


zing 1, noun (oh)



[Date: 1900-2000; Origin: From the sound of something moving very quickly]
the quality of being full of energy or taste
::Lemon juice adds zing to Drinks.
-- zingy adj