PEMPHIGUS
Dictionary entry overview: What does pemphigus mean? • PEMPHIGUS (noun)
The noun PEMPHIGUS has 1 sense:
1. a skin disease characterized by large thin-walled blisters (bullae) arising from normal skin or mucous membrane
Familiarity information: PEMPHIGUS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• PEMPHIGUS (noun)
Meaning:
A skin disease characterized by large thin-walled blisters (bullae) arising from normal skin or mucous membrane
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Hypernyms ("pemphigus" is a kind of...):
autoimmune disease; autoimmune disorder (any of a large group of diseases characterized by abnormal functioning of the immune system that causes your immune system to produce antibodies against your own tissues)
disease of the skin; skin condition; skin disease; skin disorder; skin problem (a disease affecting the skin)
Meronyms (parts of "pemphigus"):
acantholysis (a breakdown of a cell layer in the epidermis (as in pemphigus))
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