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Definition of Rheumatism weed

1. Noun. Canadian dogbane yielding a tough fiber used as cordage by Native Americans; used in folk medicine for pain or inflammation in joints.

2. Noun. North American perennial having pinkish flowers in loose cymes; used in folk medicine for pain or inflammation in joints.

Lexicographical Neighbors of Rheumatism Weed

rheumatic fever rheumatic heart disease rheumatic nodule rheumatic pericarditis rheumatic pneumonia rheumatic tetany rheumatic torticollis rheumatic valvulitis rheumatically rheumatick

rheumaticky rheumatics rheumatid rheumatism rheumatism of the heart rheumatism weed (current term) rheumatismal rheumatismoid rheumatisms rheumatiz

rheumatizes rheumatocelis rheumatoid rheumatoid arteritis rheumatoid arthritis rheumatoid arthritis: joint manifestations rheumatoid disease rheumatoid factor rheumatoid factors rheumatoid lung disease

Literary usage of Rheumatism weed

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Medical Lexicon: A Dictionary of Medical Science : Containing a Concise by Robley Dunglison (1848)
"... Wintergreen, rheumatism weed, Herbe a pisser (Canada). This common American plant is allied to the uva ursi, in botanical as well as medical qualities. ..."

2. Publication by Field Columbian Museum (1902)
"... OLD VIRGINIA STICK-WEED OLD WHITE-TOP PINK BLOOM POPPLE POVERTY GRASS QUEEN-WEED QUILL-WORT RAMPS RIPPLE RADICAL-WEED RED-WEED RHEUMATISM-WEED SEEDY ..."

3. Medical Lexicon: A Dictionary of Medical Science; Containing a Concise by Robley Dunglison (1854)
"Rheumatism affecting the muscular or fibrous tissues of the viscera. RHEUMATISM WEED, Pyrola maculata, ..."

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