Medical Dictionary
Main Entry:
Still's disease Pronunciation:
'stilz- Function:
noun : rheumatoid arthritis especially 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 specialdepartment 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.
