Still's disease

Still's disease

noun \ˈstilz-\

Definition of STILL'S DISEASE

: rheumatoid arthritis especially in children

Biographical Note for STILL'S DISEASE

Still, Sir George Frederic (1868–1941), British pediatrician. Still was associated for many years with London's King's College Hospital, which was the first hospital with a medical school to establish a special department for the diseases of children. In 1897 he published a description of chronic rheumatoid arthritis found in children; it is now known as Still's disease.