名詞 rheumatism:

1. any painful disorder of the joints or muscles or connective tissues
2. a chronic autoimmune disease with inflammation of the joints and marked deformities; something (possibly a virus) triggers an attack on the synovium by the immune system, which releases cytokines that stimulate an inflammatory reaction that can lead to the destruction of all components of the joint
   同義詞：rheumatoid arthritis, atrophic arthritis

1. She's a martyr to rheumatism.
   她長期受風(fēng)濕病的折磨。
2. Cold weather plays the devil with my rheumatism.
   天一冷，我的風(fēng)濕病就犯了。
3. He is a martyr to his rheumatism.
   他長期受風(fēng)濕病折磨。
4. The inhabitants are predisposed to rheumatism by the damp climate.
   因氣候潮濕，居民易患風(fēng)濕癥。
5. She is afflicted with rheumatism.
   她為風(fēng)濕癥所苦。
6. The patient is suffering from the rheumatism.
   這個病人受到風(fēng)濕病的折磨。

rheu.ma.tism

n.（名詞）
Any of several pathological conditions of the muscles, tendons, joints, bones, or nerves, characterized by discomfort and disability.
風(fēng)濕病：任一種肌肉、腱、關(guān)節(jié)、骨或神經(jīng)的嚴(yán)重病理情形，癥狀為不適和功能喪失
Rheumatoid arthritis.
類風(fēng)濕性關(guān)節(jié)炎

來源：
Latin rheumatismus [rheum]
拉丁語 rheumatismus [鼻炎]
from Greek rheumatismos
源自 希臘語 rheumatismos
from rheumatizesthai [to suffer from rheum]
源自 rheumatizesthai [受鼻炎之苦]
from rheuma rheumat- [rheum] * see rheum
源自 rheuma rheumat- [鼻炎] *參見 rheum