rheumatism

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noun

1. any painful disorder of the joints or muscles or connective tissues (Freq. 2)
• Derivationally related forms:
rheumatic
• Hypernyms:
disease
2. a chronic autoimmune disease with inflammation of the joints and marked deformities;
something (possibly a virus) triggers an attack on the synovium by the immune system, which releases cytokines that stimulate an inflammatory reaction that can lead to the destruction of all components of the joint
• Syn:
rheumatoid arthritis, atrophic arthritis
• Derivationally related forms:
rheumatic
• Topics:
virus
• Hypernyms:
arthritis, autoimmune disease, autoimmune disorder
• Hyponyms:
psoriatic arthritis, Still's disease, juvenile rheumatoid arthritis

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  rheumatoid arthritis, atrophic arthritis