What does rheumatic heart disease mean?
• RHEUMATIC HEART DISEASE (noun) The noun RHEUMATIC HEART DISEASE has 1 sense: 1. heart disease caused by recurrent episodes of rheumatic fever; characterized by changes in the myocardium or scarring of the heart valves that reduce the power of the heart to pump blood Familiarity information: RHEUMATIC HEART DISEASE used as a noun is very rare.