rheumatic fever
rheumatic fever
nounDefinition of RHEUMATIC FEVER
: an acute disease that occurs chiefly in children and young adults and is characterized by fever, by inflammation and pain in and around the joints, and by inflammatory involvement of the pericardium and heart valves
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