RHEUMATIC HEART DISEASE

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Heart disease caused by recurrent episodes of rheumatic fever; characterized by changes in the myocardium or scarring of the heart valves that reduce the power of the heart to pump blood

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Hypernyms ("rheumatic heart disease" is a kind of...):

cardiopathy; heart disease (a disease of the heart)

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