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PEMPHIGUS

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

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 disease; skin disorder (a disease affecting the skin)

Meronyms (parts of "pemphigus"):

acantholysis (a breakdown of a cell layer in the epidermis (as in pemphigus))

Derivation:

pemphigous (of or relating to or manifesting pemphigus)

Credits

 Context examples: 

Pemphigus is an autoimmune disorder.

(Pemphigus, NIH: National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases)

In pemphigus vulgaris, B cells make specialized receptors that recognize and target the Dsg3 protein.

(Approach targets autoimmunity, NIH)

In people with pemphigus, the cells in the top layer of the skin and the mucous membranes come under immune attack.

(Approach targets autoimmunity, NIH)