STILL'S DISEASE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Still's disease mean? 

• STILL'S DISEASE (noun)
  The noun STILL'S DISEASE has 1 sense:

1. a form of rheumatoid arthritis that affects children; large joints become inflamed and bone growth may be retarded

  Familiarity information: STILL'S DISEASE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• STILL'S DISEASE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A form of rheumatoid arthritis that affects children; large joints become inflamed and bone growth may be retarded

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Synonyms:

juvenile rheumatoid arthritis; Still's disease

Hypernyms ("Still's disease" is a kind 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)

 Context examples 

Adult-onset cases of Still's disease (STILL'S DISEASE, ADULT-ONSET) are also known.

(Juvenile Rheumatoid Arthritis, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)

Also called: Still's Disease, Childhood arthritis, JRA, Juvenile idiopathic arthritis, Still's disease

(Juvenile Rheumatoid Arthritis, NIH: National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases)