0 a medical condition that causes stiffness and pain in the joints (= places where two bones are connected) or muscles of the body: --
1 a medical condition that causes stiffness and pain in the joints or muscles --
That is £85 million which is not available for curing unavoidable illness such as kidney failure, rheumatism and arthritis.
When the hand suffers from pins and needles, tingling and rheumatism, which appears to be the case at the moment, everything stops working.
Moreover, a high percentage of the men suffer from bronchial complaints, rheumatism, and so on.
That view would bring in claims for bronchitis and rheumatism.
This terrible scourge of rheumatism is no respecter of persons.
The cases which mostly come up for consideration are asthma, bronchitis, heart, and rheumatism cases.
He rejoined in 1914, but became permanently unfit owing to rheumatism.
But the unit stated, on the other hand, that the type of rheumatism appeared to be materially affected by working conditions.
