Definitions for rheumatic fever

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Random House Webster's College Dictionary

rheumat′ic fe′ver(n.)

  1. an acute complication of certain streptococcal infections, usu. affecting children, characterized by fever, arthritis, chorea, and heart disturbances.

    Category: Pathology

Origin of rheumatic fever:

1775–85

Princeton's WordNet

  1. rheumatic fever(noun)

    a severe disease chiefly of children and characterized by painful inflammation of the joints and frequently damage to the heart valves

Wiktionary

  1. rheumatic fever(Noun)

    an inflammation of the joints and the heart following a respiratory infection with streptococcus

U.S. National Library of Medicine

  1. Rheumatic Fever

    A febrile disease occurring as a delayed sequela of infections with STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES. It is characterized by multiple focal inflammatory lesions of the connective tissue structures, such as the heart, blood vessels, and joints (POLYARTHRITIS) and brain, and by the presence of ASCHOFF BODIES in the myocardium and skin.


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