rheumatology
English
noun
Definitions
- The branch of medicine specializing in arthritis and other ailments of the joints.
Etymology
Borrowed from Ancient Greek ῥεῦμα (stream, humour, flow).
Origin
Ancient Greek
ῥεῦμα
Gloss
stream, humour, flow
Concept
Semantic Field
The physical world
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Kanji
河
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- nonrheumatologist English
- rheumatologist English
- rheuma Latin
- ῥεῦμα Ancient Greek
- *srew- Proto-Indo-European
- ρεύμα Greek (modern)