Refers to disease in the joints, muscles, bones, and ligaments and includes most forms of arthritis.
A common term, now considered medically obsolete, that may be used to indicate a variety of conditions characterized by soreness, stiffness, or pain in the muscles or joints. Specific diseases that may be referred to as rheumatism are rheumatic fever, osteoarthritis, myositis, bursitis, and rheumatoid arthritis.
Any disorder in which aches and pains affect the muscles and joints.
An obsolete medical term which no longer has a defined meaning. It remains a lay term covering any painful condition of the muscles and/or joints of the arms, legs or spine.
A general, but somewhat archaic term for acute and chronic conditions marked by inflammation, muscle soreness and stiffness, and pain in joints and associated structures. It includes inflammatory arthritis (infectious, rheumatoid, gouty), arthritis due to rheumatic fever or trauma, degenerative joint disease, neurogenic arthropathy, hydroarthrosis, myositis, bursitis, fibromyalgia, and many other conditions.
Any of a variety of disorders marked by aches and pains in the joints and muscles.
A commonly used phrase to describe any condition that leads to discomfort and rigidity in muscles and joints. This term is applied to denote both slight discomfort and more serious conditions like rheumatoid arthritis, osteoarthritis, and polymyalgia rheumatica.
A frequently misapplied term, commonly used to describe any discomfort or disability associated with pain in muscles, tendons, joints, bones, or nerves. It is used to encompass a broad range of disorders, including rheumatoid arthritis, degenerative joint disease, spondylitis, bursitis, fibrositis, myositis, neuritis, lumbago, sciatica, and gout.