RHEUMATOLOGY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does rheumatology mean? 

• RHEUMATOLOGY (noun)
  The noun RHEUMATOLOGY has 1 sense:

1. the branch of medicine dealing with the study and treatment of pathologies of the muscles or tendons or joints

  Familiarity information: RHEUMATOLOGY used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• RHEUMATOLOGY (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The branch of medicine dealing with the study and treatment of pathologies of the muscles or tendons or joints

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

Hypernyms ("rheumatology" is a kind of...):

medical specialty; medicine (the branches of medical science that deal with nonsurgical techniques)

Derivation:

rheumatologist (a physician specializing in rheumatic diseases)