Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

rheumatoid factor

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.03 in modern English

Syllables: rheuma-toid -fac-tor
IPA

27

Scrabble Score

16

Letters

4

Syllables

12

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An autoantibody directed against the Fc fragment of immunoglobulin G (IgG), often elevated in certain conditions including rheumatoid arthritis and Sjögren's syndrome.

Inflected Forms

rheumatoid factors (plural)

Synonyms

RF

Questions

What does rheumatoid factor mean?: An autoantibody directed against the Fc fragment of immunoglobulin G (IgG), often elevated in certain conditions including rheumatoid arthritis and Sjögren's syndrome.

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