JUVENILE RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

A form of rheumatoid arthritis that affects children; large joints become inflamed and bone growth may be retarded

Synonyms:

juvenile rheumatoid arthritis; Still's disease

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Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Hypernyms ("juvenile rheumatoid arthritis" is a kind of...):

atrophic arthritis; rheumatism; rheumatoid arthritis (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)

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