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rheumatoid arthritis
(encz) | rheumatoid arthritis,revmatická artritida n: Zdeněk Brož |
rheumatoid arthritis
(gcide) | Arthritis \Ar*thri"tis\ ([aum]r*thr[imac]"t[i^]s), n. [L., fr.
Gr. 'arqri^tis (as if fem. of 'arqri`tis belonging to the
joints, sc. no`sos disease) gout, fr. 'a`rqron a joint.]
(Med.)
Any inflammation of the joints, including the gout. A variety
of forms of arthritis are recognized, some of which (such as
rheumatoid arthritis, also called arthritis deformans and
arthritis nodosa) are chronic and progressive, and lead to
incapacitation and deformity.
[1913 Webster +PJC] |
rheumatoid arthritis
(wn) | rheumatoid arthritis
n 1: 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: rheumatoid arthritis, {atrophic
arthritis}, rheumatism] |
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