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Hurt, I came for treatment of joint pain? (9)

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I believe the answer is:

rheumatic

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'joint pain?' is the definition.
Both the definition and answer are adjectives. Perhaps you can see a link between them that I don't see?

'hurt i came for treatment' is the wordplay.
'for treatment' indicates anagramming the letters (the anagram must be processed or treated).
'hurt'+'i'+'came'='hurticame'
'hurticame' with letters rearranged gives 'RHEUMATIC'.

'of' is the link.

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(Other definitions for rheumatic that I've seen before include "Like some painful muscles and joints" , "of specific aches" , "inflammatory complaint" , "Suffering from join and muscle pain" , "Affected by an inflammatory disease" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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