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rheumatoid arthritides

rheumatoid arthritides is the plural of rheumatoid arthritis.

Meaning of rheumatoid arthritis

Noun

rheumatoid arthritis (usually uncountable, plural rheumatoid arthritides)

  1. (usually) A chronic and progressive disease in which the immune system attacks the joints. It is characterised by pain, inflammation and swelling of the joints, stiffness, weakness, loss of mobility and deformity. Tissues throughout the body can be affected, including the skin, blood vessels, heart, lungs, and muscles.
    • Juvenile rheumatoid arthritis (JRA), often referred to by doctors today as juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA), is a type of arthritis that causes joint inflammation and stiffness for more than six weeks in a child aged 16 or younger. It affects approximately 50,000 children in the United States....2024 September 6, David Zelman, “Understanding Juvenile Rheumatoid Arthritis -- the Basics”, in WebMD
    Synonyms:
    atrophic arthritis, rheumarthritis

Questions about rheumatoid arthritides

What is rheumatoid arthritides the plural of?
Rheumatoid arthritides is the plural of rheumatoid arthritis.

Words near rheumatoid arthritides in the dictionary

  1. rheumatized
  2. rheumatizes
  3. rheumatogenic
  4. rheumatogenicity
  5. rheumatoid
  6. rheumatoid arthritides
  7. rheumatoid arthritis
  8. rheumatoid factor
  9. rheumatoid factors
  10. rheumatoid pneumoconiosis
  11. rheumatoidal

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