rheumatism

/roo-muh-tiz-uhm/US // ˈru məˌtɪz əm //UK // (ˈruːməˌtɪzəm) //

风湿病,风湿症,风湿,风湿性疾病

Definitions

n.名词 noun

1
Pathology.
- : any disorder of the extremities or back, characterized by pain and stiffness.
- : rheumatic fever.

Père Bracasse was ill, suffering from rheumatism, bronchitis, fever and corns.
(b) Acute infectious diseases, especially rheumatism and typhoid fever.
Rheumatism was the one malady that sometimes affected mother Martha's health.
I wish we were at home, and I was comfortably laid up in our damp garret, with a fine twinging fit of the rheumatism.
When his infirmities began with rheumatism and bad digestion, she nursed him as if she had been his daughter.