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RHEUMATIC FEVER
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A severe disease chiefly of children and characterized by painful inflammation of the joints and frequently damage to the heart valves
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Hypernyms ("rheumatic fever" is a kind of...):
infectious disease (a disease transmitted only by a specific kind of contact)
Meronyms (parts of "rheumatic fever"):
rheumatic aortitis (aortitis occurring in rheumatic fever)
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