RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does rheumatoid arthritis mean? 

• RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS (noun)
  The noun RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS has 1 sense:

1. 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

  Familiarity information: RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Synonyms:

atrophic arthritis; rheumatism; rheumatoid arthritis

Hypernyms ("rheumatoid arthritis" is a kind of...):

arthritis (inflammation of a joint or joints)

autoimmune disease; autoimmune disorder (any of a large group of diseases characterized by abnormal functioning of the immune system that causes your immune system to produce antibodies against your own tissues)

Domain category:

virus ((virology) ultramicroscopic infectious agent that replicates itself only within cells of living hosts; many are pathogenic; a piece of nucleic acid (DNA or RNA) wrapped in a thin coat of protein)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "rheumatoid arthritis"):

psoriatic arthritis (a form of rheumatoid arthritis usually affecting fingers and toes and associated with psoriasis)

juvenile rheumatoid arthritis; Still's disease (a form of rheumatoid arthritis that affects children; large joints become inflamed and bone growth may be retarded)

 Context examples 

The researchers analyzed information on 2,103 individuals with rheumatoid arthritis and compared it with data from the general population.

(Obesity May Influence Rheumatoid Arthritis Blood Tests, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

A substance being studied in the treatment of cancer and certain other diseases, such as rheumatoid arthritis.

(Fostamatinib disodium, NCI Dictionary)

Certain folic acid antagonists are used to treat some types of cancer and inflammatory conditions, such as rheumatoid arthritis.

(Folic acid antagonist, NCI Dictionary)

A drug that is used to treat the symptoms of rheumatoid arthritis and is being studied in the prevention and treatment of some types of skin cancer.

(Diclofenac sodium, NCI Dictionary)

The team next examined drugs developed for use in rheumatoid arthritis.

(Rheumatoid arthritis mechanisms may vary by joint, NIH)

It is made in larger amounts in inflammatory diseases such as rheumatoid arthritis, and in some types of cancer.

(calgranulin A, NCI Dictionary)

The MMP3 gene is associated with osteoarthritis, rheumatoid arthritis and neoplasm invasiveness.

(MMP3 wt Allele, NCI Thesaurus)

Certain folate antagonists are used to treat some types of cancer and inflammatory conditions, such as rheumatoid arthritis.

(Folate antagonist, NCI Dictionary)

Mutation of the gene is associated with susceptibility to rheumatoid arthritis.

(PADI4 wt Allele, NCI Thesaurus)

When the scientists exposed human T cells to tofacitinib—a drug used to treat rheumatoid arthritis—the activities of many genes controlled by SEs were preferentially affected.

(Autoimmune Disease Super-Regulators Uncovered, NIH)