'rheumatic fever' definitions:

Definition of 'rheumatic fever'

noun

A severe disease chiefly of children and characterized by painful inflammation of the joints and frequently damage to the heart valves

Synonyms of 'rheumatic fever'

From: Moby Thesaurus

acute articular rheumatism,
African lethargy,
ague,
alkali disease,
amebiasis,
amebic dysentery,
anthrax,
Asiatic cholera,
bacillary dysentery,
bastard measles,
black death,
black fever,
blackwater fever,
breakbone fever,
brucellosis,
bubonic plague,
cachectic fever,
cerebral rheumatism,
Chagres fever,
chicken pox,
cholera,
cowpox,
dandy fever,
deer fly fever,
dengue,
dengue fever,
diphtheria,
dumdum fever,
dysentery,
elephantiasis,
encephalitis lethargica,
enteric fever,
erysipelas,
famine fever,
five-day fever,
flu,
frambesia,
German measles,
glandular fever,
grippe,
hansenosis,
Haverhill fever,
hepatitis,
herpes,
herpes simplex,
herpes zoster,
histoplasmosis,
hookworm,
hydrophobia,
infantile paralysis,
infectious mononucleosis,
inflammatory rheumatism,
influenza,
jail fever,
jungle rot,
kala azar,
kissing disease,
lepra,
leprosy,
leptospirosis,
loa loa,
loaiasis,
lockjaw,
madness,
malaria,
malarial fever,
marsh fever,
measles,
meningitis,
milzbrand,
mumps,
ornithosis,
osteomyelitis,
paratyphoid fever,
parotitis,
parrot fever,
pertussis,
pneumonia,
polio,
poliomyelitis,
polyarthritis rheumatism,
ponos,
psittacosis,
rabbit fever,
rabies,
rat-bite fever,
relapsing fever,
rickettsialpox,
ringworm,
rubella,
rubeola,
scarlatina,
scarlet fever,
schistosomiasis,
septic sore throat,
shingles,
sleeping sickness,
sleepy sickness,
smallpox,
snail fever,
splenic fever,
spotted fever,
strep throat,
swamp fever,
tetanus,
thrush,
tinea,
trench fever,
trench mouth,
tuberculosis,
tularemia,
typhoid,
typhoid fever,
typhus,
typhus fever,
undulant fever,
vaccinia,
varicella,
variola,
venereal disease,
viral dysentery,
whooping cough,
yaws,
yellow fever,
yellow jack,
zona,
zoster