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rheumat'ic fe'ver



Pathol.
a serious disease, associated with streptococcal infections, usually affecting children, characterized by fever, swelling and pain in the joints, sore throat, and cardiac involvement.

Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.

rheumaticrheumatic heart disease
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