rheumatology
(ruːməˈtɒlədʒɪ)
[f. rheumatism + -ology.]
The study of rheumatism and rheumatic diseases.
| 1949 J. L. Hollander Comroe's Arthritis (ed. 4) i. 15 Rheumatology is the study of the Rheumatic Diseases, including arthritis, rheumatic fever, fibrositis, neuralgia, myositis, bursitis, gout, and other conditions producing somatic pain, stiffness and soreness. 1957 Times 20 Dec. 7/2 The Senate of London University have instituted a chair of rheumatology to be tenable at the Postgraduate Medical School, Hammersmith. 1973 Daily Colonist (Victoria, B.C.) 8 June 27/1 Dr. C. S. Man, a Taiwanese physician completing his post-graduate training in rheumatology and physical medicine in Canada. 1976 Lancet 25 Dec. 1419/1 He performed much fundamental research in rheumatology and was responsible for the first controlled trial of gold therapy in rheumatoid arthritis. |
Hence rheumaˈtologist, a specialist or expert in rheumatology.
| 1949 W. Graham in J. L. Hollander Comroe's Arthritis (ed. 4) vii. 115 It is becoming more and more the conviction of rheumatologists that patients with arthritis respond best to treatment in a fully integrated rheumatism center. 1971 Daily Tel. 22 Mar. 3/7 The situation was noticed by a consultant rheumatologist who takes a clinic once a month at the cottage hospital. Every time he comes he has to deal with a fair number of cases of gout. 1977 Lancet 9 Apr. 793/1 The use of immuno-suppressive drugs to treat bulbous dermatoses was prompted by results obtained by rheumatologists treating autoimmune connective tissue diseases. |