1) Disease of the skin 2) Skin condition 3) Skin disease 4) Skin disorder 5) Skin problem
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Pemphigus (s or s) is a rare group of blistering autoimmune diseases that affect the skin and mucous membranes. In pemphigus, autoantibodies form against desmoglein. Desmoglein forms the `glue` that attaches adjacent epidermal cells via attachment points called desmosomes. When autoantibodies attack desmogleins, the cells become separated from e.....
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skin condition characterized by watery boils on the body
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• (n.) A somewhat rare skin disease, characterized by the development of blebs upon different part of the body.
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(Gr. pemphix blister) a group of chronic, relapsing, sometimes fatal skin diseases characterized clinically by the development of successive crops of vesicles and bullae, histologically by acantholysis, and immunologically by serum autoantibodies directed against antigens in the intracellular zones of the epidermis. The specific disease is usually....
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a group of skin diseases characterized by large blisters that appear on the skin and mucous membranes. Pemphigus diseases include pemphigus vulgaris, ...
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<dermatology> A group of chronic, relapsing, sometimes fatal skin diseases characterised clinically by the development of successive crops of vesicles and bullae, histologically by acantholysis and immunologically by serum autoantibodies directed against antigens in the intracellular zones of the epidermis. The specific disease is usually ind...
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(pem´fĭ-gәs) any of a group of diseases characterized by successive crops of large bullae (“water blisters”). The cause is unknown; they seem to occur only in adults and can occur in acute or chronic form. Clusters of blisters usually appear first near or inside the nose and mouth and then gradual...
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Skin disease of watery blisters
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A group of dermatological diseases characterized by the production of bullae (blisters).
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Pem·phi'gus noun [ Nl., from Greek ..., ..., a bubble.]
(Medicine) A somewhat rare skin disease, characterized by the development of blebs upon different part of the body.
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An autoimmune disorder of the skin.
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Type: Term Pronunciation: pem′fi-gŭs Definitions: 1. Autoimmune bullous diseases with acantholysis: pemphigus vulgaris, pemphigus foliaceus, pemphigus erythematosus, or pemphigus vegetans. 2. A nonspecific term for blistering skin diseases.
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Pemphigus: One of a group of chronic, relapsing autoimmune skin diseases that cause blisters and erosions of the skin and mucous membranes. The immune system mistakenly regards the cells in the skin and mucous membranes as foreign and attacks them. Treatment may be with corticosteroids such as prednisone or immunosuppressive agents such as methotre...
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Pemphigus is a name given to a group of blistering skin diseases, and particularly to a potentially fatal form (pemphigus vulgaris) which is characterised by large blisters on the skin, mucous membranes of the mouth, genitals, intestines, etc., which eventually rupture and form painful denuded areas from which critical amounts of bodily protein, fl...
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An acute or chronic disease of adults, with a singular or constant series of skin eruptions.
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vesicular fever
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n] - a skin disease characterized by large thin-walled blisters (bullae) arising from normal skin or mucous membrane
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noun a skin disease characterized by large thin-walled blisters (bullae) arising from normal skin or mucous membrane
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