noun
- Drugs or substances used to treat or relieve rheumatism and related inflammatory joint diseases.
Usage: Medical/pharmaceutical term; Usually used in plural form
adjective
- Relating to or used in the treatment of rheumatism and inflammatory joint conditions.
Usage: Medical/pharmaceutical term
Examples
- The doctor prescribed antirheumatics to reduce the patient's joint inflammation.
- Antirheumatics such as methotrexate are commonly used in rheumatoid arthritis treatment.
- The antirheumatics therapy helped improve her mobility and reduce pain.
- Several new antirheumatics have been developed in recent years.
- Antirheumatics medications work by suppressing the immune system's inflammatory response.