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Rheumatic fever

noun

A severe disease chiefly of children and characterized by painful inflammation of the joints and frequently damage to the heart valves.

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"Rheumatic fever" Quotes from Famous Books

... she had lived much with her mother, and had devoted herself particularly to this only brother, a delicate lad—lovable, self-indulgent and provoking—for whom the unquestioning devotion of two women had not been the best of schools. An attack of rheumatic fever which had seized him on leaving Christchurch had scared both mother and sister. He had recovered, but his health was not yet what it had been; and as at home it was impossible to keep him from playing golf all day, and bridge all night, the family doctor, in despair, ...

— Lady Merton, Colonist • Mrs. Humphry Ward

... Flaxie went home, and her little frizzled head was not seen at Hilltop any more till the next December. Then her dear Grandma Gray had rheumatic fever, and though Flaxie pitied her all she could, she made too much noise in the house, and had to be sent away. But I will tell you about that ...

— The Twin Cousins • Sophie May

... speaking to her formidable mistress, told her that one of the younger housemaids was very ill. Lady Selina enquired, found that the doctor who always attended the servants had been sent for, and thought that the illness might turn to rheumatic fever. ...

— Marcella • Mrs. Humphry Ward

Words linked to "Rheumatic fever" : infectious disease, rheumatic aortitis