RHEUMATIC FEVER

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Hypernyms ("rheumatic fever" is a kind of...):

infectious disease (a disease transmitted only by a specific kind of contact)

Meronyms (parts of "rheumatic fever"):

rheumatic aortitis (aortitis occurring in rheumatic fever)

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