RHEUMATOID FACTOR

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Autoantibody that is usually present in the serum of people with rheumatoid arthritis

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Hypernyms ("rheumatoid factor" is a kind of...):

autoantibody (an antibody acting against tissues of the organism that produces it)

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