rheumatism
/ˈruːmətɪzəm/noun
mass noun
- any disease marked by inflammation and pain in the joints, muscles, or fibrous tissue, especially rheumatoid arthritis风湿病（尤指类风湿性关节炎）。
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.