Meaning Of The Word Rheumatic fever

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rheumatic fever
uncountable noun: Rheumatic fever is a disease which causes fever, and swelling and pain in your joints.

rheumatic fever in American English
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 in children
noun: a serious disease, associated with streptococcal infections, usually affecting children, characterized by fever, swelling and pain in the joints, sore throat, and cardiac involvement

rheumatic fever in British English
noun: a disease characterized by sore throat, fever, inflammation, and pain in the joints

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