rheumatic
21rheumatic fever — ► NOUN ▪ an acute fever marked by inflammation and pain in the joints, caused by a streptococcal infection …
22rheumatic fever — n. an acute or chronic inflammatory disease usually induced by a preceding infection with certain hemolytic streptococci, characterized variously by fever, pain and swelling of the joints, inflammation of the heart, etc., and typically occurring… …
23rheumatic fever — Pathol. a serious disease, associated with streptococcal infections, usually affecting children, characterized by fever, swelling and pain in the joints, sore throat, and cardiac involvement. [1775 85] * * * Generalized disease caused by certain… …
24rheumatic heart disease — noun heart disease caused by recurrent episodes of rheumatic fever; characterized by changes in the myocardium or scarring of the heart valves that reduce the power of the heart to pump blood • Hypernyms: ↑heart disease, ↑cardiopathy * * * noun …
25Rheumatic heart disease — Heart damage caused by rheumatic fever. Treatment is by preventing reinfection with strep and by treating with heart drugs as needed. * * * rheumatic heart disease n active or inactive disease of the heart that results from rheumatic fever and… …
26rheumatic endocarditis — endocarditis associated with rheumatic fever. Involvement may be mural but is usually valvular and involves the entire valve; it is then more accurately termed rheumatic valvulitis (q.v.) …
27rheumatic valvulitis — valvulitis due to rheumatic fever, characterized by numerous small, translucent vegetations, composed of fibrin and platelets, located on the edges of the valve cusps along the lines of closure. The mitral valve is most frequently involved. It is …
28rheumatic fever — acute rheumatism a disease affecting mainly children and young adults that arises as a delayed complication of infection of the upper respiratory tract with haemolytic streptococci (see Streptococcus). The main features are fever, arthritis… …
29rheumatic aortitis — noun aortitis occurring in rheumatic fever • Hypernyms: ↑aortitis • Part Holonyms: ↑rheumatic fever …
30rheumatic fever — noun a severe disease chiefly of children and characterized by painful inflammation of the joints and frequently damage to the heart valves (Freq. 1) • Hypernyms: ↑infectious disease • Part Meronyms: ↑rheumatic aortitis * * * noun [noncount]… …
