| acute rheumatic arthritis | Arthritis due to rheumatic fever. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| vertebral polyarthritis | Inflammation of a number of the intervertebral disks without involvement of the vertebral bodies. (05 Mar 2000) |
| polyarthritis | <pathology> An inflammation of several joints together. Origin: Gr. Arthron = joint (18 Nov 1997) |
| polyarthritis chronica | An obsolete term for rheumatoid arthritis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| polyarthritis chronica villosa | A chronic inflammation confined to the synovial membrane, involving a number of joints; it occurs in women at the menopause and in children. (05 Mar 2000) |
| polyarthritis rheumatica acuta | An obsolete term for polyarthritis associated with rheumatic fever. (05 Mar 2000) |
| epidemic polyarthritis | A mild febrile illness of humans in Australia characterised by polyarthralgia and rash, caused by the Ross River virus, a member of the family Togaviridae, and transmitted by mosquitoes. Synonym: epidemic exanthema, Murray Valley rash, Ross River fever. (05 Mar 2000) |
| rheumatic | 1. Derived from, or having the character of, rheum; rheumic. 2. <medicine> Of or pertaining to rheumatism; as, rheumatic pains or affections; affected with rheumatism; as, a rheumatic old man; causing rheumatism; as, a rheumatic day. "That rheumatic diseases do abound." (Shak) Origin: Gr. Subject to a discharge or flux: cf. L. Rheumaticus, F. Rhumatique. See Rheum, Rheumatism. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| rheumatic arteritis | Arteritis due to rheumatic fever; Aschoff bodies are frequently found in the adventitia of small arteries, especially in the myocardium, and may lead to fibrosis and constriction of the lumens. (05 Mar 2000) |
| rheumatic chorea | A postinfectious chorea appearing several months after a streptococcal infection with subsequent rheumatic fever. The chorea typically involves the distal limbs and is associated with hypotonia and emotional lability. Improvement occurs over weeks or months and exacerbations occur without associated infection recurrence. Synonym: acute chorea, chorea minor, chorea, juvenile chorea, rheumatic chorea, Sydenham's disease. (05 Mar 2000) |
| rheumatic disease | See: rheumatism. (05 Mar 2000) |
| rheumatic diseases | Disorders of connective tissue, especially the joints and related structures, characterised by inflammation, degeneration, or metabolic derangement. (12 Dec 1998) |
| rheumatic endocarditis | Endocardial involvment as part of rheumatic heart disease, recognised clinically by valvular involvement; in the acute stage, there may be tiny fibrin vegetations along the lines of closure of the valve leaflets, with subsequent fibrous thickening and shortening of the leaflets. (05 Mar 2000) |
| rheumatic fever | <microbiology> Disease involving inflammation of joints and damage to heart valves that follows streptococcal infection and is believed to be autoimmune, i.e. Antibodies to streptococcal components cross react with host tissue antigens. (18 Nov 1997) |
| rheumatic heart disease | The most important manifestation of and sequel to rheumatic fever, i.e., any cardiac involvement in rheumatic fever. (12 Dec 1998) |