(n) 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
(n) 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, Syn.atrophic arthritis, rheumatism
a. [ Gr. &unr_;&unr_;&unr_; subject to a discharge or flux: cf. L. rheumaticus, F. rhumatique. See Rheum, Rheumatism. ] 1. Derived from, or having the character of, rheum; rheumic. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
2. (Med.) Of or pertaining to rheumatism; as, rheumatic pains or affections; affected with rheumatism; as, a rheumatic old man; causing rheumatism; as, a rheumatic day. [ 1913 Webster ]
That rheumatic diseases do abound. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ L. rheumatismus rheum, Gr. &unr_;&unr_;&unr_;&unr_;, fr.&unr_;&unr_;&unr_; to have or suffer from a flux, fr. &unr_;&unr_;&unr_; rheum: cf. F. rheumatisme. See 2d Rheum. ] (Med.) A general disease characterized by painful, often multiple, local inflammations, usually affecting the joints and muscles, but also extending sometimes to the deeper organs, as the heart. [ 1913 Webster ]
Inflammatory rheumatism (Med.), acute rheumatism attended with fever, and attacking usually the larger joints, which become swollen, hot, and very painful. -- Rheumatism root. (Bot.) See Twinleaf. [ 1913 Webster ]
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