any painful disorder of the joints or muscles or connective tissues
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
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He is a martyr to his rheumatism. 他長期受風濕病折磨。
Cold weather plays the devil with my rheumatism. 天一冷，我的風濕病就犯了。
The inhabitants are predisposed to rheumatism by the damp climate. 因氣候潮濕，居民易患風濕癥。
The patient is suffering from the rheumatism. 這個病人受到類風濕性關節炎的折磨。