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Rheumatology
Definition 1
A medical specialty that deals with diagnosis and treatment of diseases and disorders of the connective tissues. (NCI Thesaurus)
Definition 2
A subspecialty of internal medicine concerned with the study of inflammatory or degenerative processes and metabolic derangement of connective tissue structures which pertain to a variety of musculoskeletal disorders, such as arthritis. (NLM, Medical Subject Headings)
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