rheu·ma·tism /ˈruməˌtɪzəm, ˈrʊ-/
 風濕症
 rheu·ma·tism /ˈruməˌtɪzəm, ˈrʊmə-/ 名詞
 風溼病
 Rheu·ma·tism n.  Med. A general disease characterized by painful, often multiple, local inflammations, usually affecting the joints and muscles, but also extending sometimes to the deeper organs, as the heart.
 Inflammatory rheumatism Med., acute rheumatism attended with fever, and attacking usually the larger joints, which become swollen, hot, and very painful.
 Rheumatism root. Bot. See Twinleaf.
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 rheumatism
      n 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 [syn: rheumatoid arthritis, atrophic
         arthritis]