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Definition of pemphigus in English: pemphigusnoun ˈpɛmfɪɡəspemˈfīɡəs mass nounMedicine A skin disease in which watery blisters form on the skin. Example sentencesExamples - For example, rheumatoid arthritis, systemic lupus erythematosus, and pemphigus occur more often in middle-aged people or sometimes in young adults.
- He has made important contributions in autoantibody-mediated disease in pemphigus and pemphigoid.
- Bullous pemphigoid and pemphigus vulgaris also cause blistering skin lesions that appear in later adulthood, similar to porphyria cutanea tarda.
- Intact blisters tend to outnumber erosions in pemphigoid, while the reverse is true of the more superficial blisters occurring in pemphigus.
- The involvement of mucous membranes is much less common with bullous pemphigoid than in pemphigus vulgaris, with blisters that are less easily ruptured.
Origin Late 18th century: modern Latin, from Greek pemphix, pemphig- 'bubble'. Definition of pemphigus in US English: pemphigusnounpemˈfīɡəs Medicine A skin disease in which watery blisters form on the skin. Example sentencesExamples - For example, rheumatoid arthritis, systemic lupus erythematosus, and pemphigus occur more often in middle-aged people or sometimes in young adults.
- The involvement of mucous membranes is much less common with bullous pemphigoid than in pemphigus vulgaris, with blisters that are less easily ruptured.
- Intact blisters tend to outnumber erosions in pemphigoid, while the reverse is true of the more superficial blisters occurring in pemphigus.
- He has made important contributions in autoantibody-mediated disease in pemphigus and pemphigoid.
- Bullous pemphigoid and pemphigus vulgaris also cause blistering skin lesions that appear in later adulthood, similar to porphyria cutanea tarda.
Origin Late 18th century: modern Latin, from Greek pemphix, pemphig- ‘bubble’. |