rheumatoid arthritis - Similar and Opposite Words

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Here are the synonyms for rheumatoid arthritis , a list of similar words for rheumatoid arthritis from our thesaurus that you can use

Noun

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

Synonyms

• atrophic arthritis
• rheumatism
• rheumatoid arthritis

More generic

• arthritis
• autoimmune disease
• autoimmune disorder

More specific

• Still's disease
• juvenile rheumatoid arthritis
• psoriatic arthritis

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