pemphigoid
/ˈpɛmfɪɡɔɪd
/noun [mass noun] Medicine
A skin disease resembling pemphigus, chiefly affecting elderly people: [as modifier]: pemphigoid stomatitis...
- He has made important contributions in autoantibody-mediated disease in pemphigus and pemphigoid.
- Bullous pemphigoid is an autoimmune disease that typically occurs in older patients.
- Bullous pemphigoid is a blistering disease that is not pruritic.