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rheumatic pneumonia

n.

A pneumonia, occurring in severe acute rheumatic fever, in which consolidation occurs and nodules may be present in the fibrous septa of the lungs; it is usually fatal.

Nearby words

  1. rheumatic,
  2. rheumatic arteritis,
  3. rheumatic endocarditis,
  4. rheumatic fever,
  5. rheumatic heart disease,
  6. rheumatics,
  7. rheumatid,
  8. rheumatism,
  9. rheumatism-root,
  10. rheumatoid
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