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rheumatic fever Definition

rheumatic fever

noun

an acute or chronic inflammatory disease usually induced by a preceding infection with certain hemolytic streptococci, characterized variously by fever, pain and swelling of the joints, inflammation of the heart, etc., and typically occurring in children and young adults

rheumatic fever Usage Examples

Converse of object

  • have: But, I also had rheumatic fever as a child.

Preposition: as

  • child: But, I also had rheumatic fever as a child.

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