rheumatic heart disease

noun Pathology.

damage to the heart, especially to the valves, as a result of rheumatic fever, characterized by inflammation of the myocardium or scarring and malfunction of the heart valves.

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Words nearby rheumatic heart disease

rheumatalgia, rheumatic, rheumatic arteritis, rheumatic endocarditis, rheumatic fever, rheumatic heart disease, rheumatic pneumonia, rheumatics, rheumatid, rheumatism, rheumatism-root
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Medical definitions for rheumatic heart disease

rheumatic heart disease

n.

Permanent damage to the valves of the heart usually caused by repeated attacks of rheumatic fever.
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