関かん節せつリウマチ

also: かんせつリューマチ

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Meanings

1

Medical term for a chronic autoimmune disease causing joint inflammation and pain.

長なが

年ねん

治ち

療りょう

を

受う

け

て

いる

。

My mother has been receiving treatment for rheumatoid arthritis for many years.

関かん節せつリウマチの初しょ期き症しょう状じょうは朝あさのこわばりです。

An early symptom of rheumatoid arthritis is morning stiffness.

リウマチ
Broader term for rheumatism; 関節リウマチ specifically refers to rheumatoid arthritis.
変へん形けい性せい関かん節せつ症しょう
Osteoarthritis, a degenerative joint disease distinct from the autoimmune nature of rheumatoid arthritis.

Compound of 関節 (kansetsu, 'joint') and リウマチ (riumachi, from German 'Rheuma' or English 'rheuma'), a medical loanword.