rheumatism
noun /ˈruːmətɪzəm/
/ˈruːmətɪzəm/
[uncountable]- a disease that makes the muscles and joints painful, stiff and swollen (= larger than normal)
风湿（病） - The pills help to relieve my rheumatism.
这些药有助于减轻我的风湿病痛。
Collocations Dictionaryadjective- chronic
- get
- have
- suffer from
- …
词源late 17th cent.: from French rhumatisme, or via Latin from Greek rheumatismos, from rheumatizein ‘to snuffle’, from rheuma ‘stream’: the disease was originally supposed to be caused by the internal flow of “watery” humours. - The pills help to relieve my rheumatism.