Medical Definition of Rheumatic valvulitis

1. Valvulitis characterised in the acute stage by small fibrin vegetations along the lines of closure and by Aschoff bodies in the cusps; in the chronic stage, it is characterised by scarring, commissural adhesion, and stenosis and/or regurgitation. (05 Mar 2000)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Rheumatic Valvulitis

rheumatalgia
rheumatic
rheumatic aortitis
rheumatic arteritis
rheumatic chorea
rheumatic disease
rheumatic diseases
rheumatic endocarditis
rheumatic fever
rheumatic heart disease
rheumatic nodule
rheumatic pericarditis
rheumatic pneumonia
rheumatic tetany
rheumatic torticollis
rheumatic valvulitis (current term)
rheumatically
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rheumaticky
rheumatics
rheumatid
rheumatism
rheumatism of the heart
rheumatism weed
rheumatismal
rheumatismoid
rheumatisms
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rheumatocelis

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