juvenile rheumatoid arthritis

Definitions of juvenile rheumatoid arthritis
  1. noun
    a form of rheumatoid arthritis that affects children; large joints become inflamed and bone growth may be retarded
    synonyms: Still's disease
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    type of:
    atrophic arthritis, rheumatism, rheumatoid arthritis
    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
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