rheumatic arthritis

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• rheumatic fever — n an acute often recurrent disease occurring chiefly in children and young adults and characterized by fever, inflammation, pain, and swelling in and around the joints, inflammatory involvement of the pericardium and valves of the heart, and… …   Medical dictionary

• acute rheumatic arthritis — joint tenderness and swelling due to rheumatic fever …   Medical dictionary

• Rheumatic fever — Classification and external resources Streptococcus pyogenes bacteria, Pappenheim s stain ICD 10 I …   Wikipedia

• Arthritis Care — is the UK s largest charity dedicated to supporting people with arthritis (registered charity nos: 206563, SC038693). It is a user led organisation which means people with arthritis are at the heart of its work – they form its membership, are… …   Wikipedia

• Arthritis — Classification and external resources Hands affected by rheumatoid arthritis, an autoimmune form of arthritis ICD 10 M …   Wikipedia

• rheumatic disease — n. any of a group of diseases of the connective tissue, of uncertain causes, including rheumatoid arthritis, gout, and rheumatic fever * * * …   Universalium

• rheumatic disease — n. any of a group of diseases of the connective tissue, of uncertain causes, including rheumatoid arthritis, gout, and rheumatic fever …   English World dictionary

• arthritis — Inflammation of a joint or a state characterized by inflammation of joints. SYN: articular rheumatism. [G. fr. arthron, joint, + itis, inflammation] acute rheumatic a. a. due to rheumatic fever …   Medical dictionary

• rheumatic 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… …   The new mediacal dictionary

• rheumatic disease — noun : any of several diseases (as rheumatoid arthritis, rheumatic fever, fibrositis) characterized by inflammation and pain in muscles or joints from various causes …   Useful english dictionary

• Arthritis Impact Measurement Scale — a questionnaire for assessing the health and functioning over the past month of a person with a rheumatic disease; it asks a long series of questions and assigns numbers from 1 for almost always impaired to 5 for never impaired …   Medical dictionary