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Still's disease

n :  rheumatoid arthritis esp. in children
 
Still, Sir George Frederic (1868-1941),
British pediatrician. Still was associated for many years with London's King's College Hospital, which was the first hospital with a medical school to establish a special department for the diseases of children. In 1897 he published a description of chronic rheumatoid arthritis found in children; it is now known as Still's disease.
 
 
 
Similar sounding terms:  sat·el·lit·o·sis 

 
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