OBJECTIVE: To investigate the incidence of noncardiac vascular disease in a community-based incidence cohort of patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and compare it to that in the general population and to investigate trends in the incidence of noncardiac vascular disease in patients with RA.
Grandmother. GRANDMOTHER, domestic relations. The mother of one's father or mother. The father's mother is called the paternal grandmother; the mother's mother is the maternal grandmother. 1  Facebook.
Etymonline also notes that nanna is also a Greek word for aunt. Grandma has similar origins. The word mama is a child's form of mother. In languages like German and English, the parents of one's parents have the grand-prefix applied to create their names. The original form of grandma was grandmama (18th century, OED).