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
rheumatic, rheumatic arteritis, rheumatic endocarditis, rheumatic fever, rheumatic heart disease, rheumatic pneumonia, rheumatics, rheumatid, rheumatism, rheumatism-root, rheumatoid
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