rheumatoid arthritis

Noun rheumatoid arthritis has 1 sense

• rheumatoid arthritis(n = noun.state) atrophic arthritis, rheumatism - 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;
is a kind of arthritis, autoimmune disease, autoimmune disorder
has particulars: psoriatic arthritis, juvenile rheumatoid arthritis, still's disease