rheumatoid arthritis

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• 2. marts 2016 fra wordnet.princeton.edu

  rheumatoid arthritis — navneord — engelsk

  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