rheumatology

[ roo-muh-tol-uh-jee ]

noun

1. the study and treatment of rheumatic diseases.

rheumatology

/ ˌruːməˈtɒlədʒɪ; ˌruːmətəˈlɒdʒɪkəl /

noun

1. the branch of medicine concerned with the study of rheumatic diseases

Derived Forms

• ˌrheumaˈtologist, noun
• rheumatological, adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of rheumatology¹

1940–45; rheumat(ic) + -o- ( def ) + -logy ( def )

Example Sentences

The patients were referred to rheumatology specialists for further testing and all were diagnosed with the condition.

From Science Daily

When Shivkumar decided to launch the project, he had been inspired by the words of USC emeritus professor of rheumatology Dr. Richard Panush, who had pushed to set the atlas aside in the library of the New Jersey medical center where he had worked, moving it to a display case that explained its history.

From Los Angeles Times

Ghosh, a professor in the Departments of Medicine and Cellular and Molecular Medicine at UC San Diego School of Medicine, received an email from Dennis McGonagle, Ph.D., professor of investigative rheumatology at the University of Leeds in the United Kingdom.

From Science Daily

The UC San Diego team included Saptarshi Sinha, Ph.D., interim director of PreCSN, who was a co-first author on the paper, along with Paula David Ramos, M.D., who was conducting research fellowship in experimental rheumatology, at the Leeds Institute of Rheumatic and Musculoskeletal Medicine.

From Science Daily

With the aim of developing anti-inflammatory agents with fewer and less severe side effects, a team of researchers led by Prof. Gerhard Krönke, director of the Department of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology at Charité, has now conducted a closer study of how the immunosuppressive effects of glucocorticoids exactly works.

From Science Daily