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[n] heart disease caused by recurrent episodes of rheumatic fever; characterized by changes in the myocardium or scarring of the heart valves that reduce the power of the heart to pump blood |
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| | See Also: | | cardiopathy, heart condition, heart disease |
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| Biology Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | Rheumatic heart disease results from single or repeated attacks of rheumatic fever that produce rigidity and deformity of heart valves such that stenosis or regurgitation results. |
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