Still's disease
- noun
- /stɪlz dɪˈziːz/
- Specialized
:
enfermedad de Still
- The young patient was diagnosed with Still's disease after weeks of joint pain and fever.
Examples
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Children with Still's disease often experience joint pain.
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My son was diagnosed with Still's disease last year.
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Because Still's disease is rare, it is sometimes difficult for doctors to recognize immediately.
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Early treatment can help manage the symptoms of Still's disease and improve quality of life.
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The doctor said that Still's disease is a rare form of arthritis that mainly affects children, causing painful swelling in the joints.
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Doctors diagnosed her with Still's disease after observing inflammation in her knees and ankles.
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Children with Still's disease may experience slowed growth due to joint inflammation and related complications.
Synonyms
1
4.7
Long-term swelling and pain in the joints of children that can affect bone growth
How Severe
- Specialized
- Archaic
1
4.7
- Specialized
1
8.8
Surface Forms
Morphology
Still's + disease
This is an eponymous medical name: 'Still's' is a proper name and does not contribute compositional semantic content about symptoms or onset, while 'disease' only signals a medical condition. A B1 learner who knows the words 'Still' and 'disease' would not be able to derive the specific meaning (adult-onset systemic inflammatory disorder) without prior exposure or background knowledge.
Etymology
Still's disease is named after Dr. George Still, an English children's doctor who first wrote about this illness in the late 1800s. Because his name became the label, Still's disease now means 'a rare form of arthritis that affects children'.