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rheumatism rheumatism definition

rheumatism


 
  Grep  of  noun  rheumatism 
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  Overview  of  noun  rheumatism 
 
  The  noun  rheumatism  has  2  senses  (first  1  from  tagged  texts) 
 
  1.  (2)  rheumatism  --  (any  painful  disorder  of  the  joints  or  muscles  or  connective  tissues) 
  2.  rheumatoid  arthritis,  atrophic  arthritis,  rheumatism  --  (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) 
 
  Overview  of  noun  rheumatism 
 
  The  noun  rheumatism  has  2  senses  (first  1  from  tagged  texts) 
 
  1.  (2)  rheumatism  --  (any  painful  disorder  of  the  joints  or  muscles  or  connective  tissues) 
  2.  rheumatoid  arthritis,  atrophic  arthritis,  rheumatism  --  (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) 



rheumatism definition