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Rheumatic Fever(health)
Fever, rheumatic(health)
Rheumatic fever(medicine)
rheumatic fever(encyclopedia)
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rheumatic arteritis(medicine)

trade wind (iou) and Fever, rheumatic (health)


trade wind (iou)



trade wind noun phr. M17.
[from TRADE noun + WIND noun1. App. originating in phr. blow trade: see TRADE noun.]
Orig., a wind that blows steadily in the same direction. Now spec., a wind blowing constantly towards the equator from the north-east or south-east. Formerly, a seasonal wind of the Indian Ocean, a monsoon. Cf. ANTITRADE wind.

Fever, rheumatic (health)


An illness that occurs following a streptococcus infection (such as a "strep throat") or scarlet fever and predominantly affects children. Symptoms include fever, pain in the joints, nausea, stomach cramps, and vomiting. Rheumatic fever can cause long-lasting effects in the skin, joints, heart, and brain.