rheumatic heart disease
noun Pathology.
damage to the heart, especially to the valves, as a result of rheumatic fever, characterized by inflammation of the myocardium or scarring and malfunction of the heart valves.
Words nearby rheumatic heart disease
rheumatalgia,
rheumatic,
rheumatic arteritis,
rheumatic endocarditis,
rheumatic fever,
rheumatic heart disease,
rheumatic pneumonia,
rheumatics,
rheumatid,
rheumatism,
rheumatism-root
Medical definitions for rheumatic heart disease
rheumatic heart disease
n.
Permanent damage to the valves of the heart usually caused by repeated attacks of rheumatic fever.