Medical Definition of Periodic disease

1. A condition characterised by regularly recurring and intermittent episodes of fever, oedema, arthralgia, and gastric pain and vomiting, continuing for years without further development in otherwise healthy individuals. It is also called familial mediterranean fever. It does not refer to conditions in which episodes recur at regular intervals. (12 Dec 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Periodic Disease

periodicals
periodical cicada
periodical index
periodicities
periodicity
periodicity
periodic acid
periodic acid
periodic acid Schiff reaction
periodic acid Schiff stain
periodic apnea of the newborn
periodic arthralgia
periodic biopolymer
periodic breathing
periodic catatonia
periodic disease (current term)
periodic event
periodic fever
periodic filariasis
periodic law
periodic law
periodic migrainous neuralgia
periodic motion
periodic movement
periodic neutropenia
periodic oedema
periodic ophthalmia
periodic paralysis
periodic peritonitis
periodic polyserositis

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