Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Any of several acute or chronic skin diseases characterized by groups of itching blisters.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun An affection of the skin, consisting of eruptions (bullæ) of various sizes, from that of a pea to that of a walnut, usually with accompaniment of fever. Also called
pompholyx and bladdery fever. - noun In entomology: [cap] A genus of plant-lice or aphids of the subfamily Pemphiginæ (Hartig, 1841).
- noun An aphid of the genus Pemphigus: as, the vagabond pemphigus, P.ragabunda.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Med.) A somewhat rare skin disease, characterized by the development of blebs upon different parts of the body.
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- noun pathology A severe
autoimmune skin disease characterized bypustules and painful blisters, and which can be fatal.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a skin disease characterized by large thin-walled blisters (bullae) arising from normal skin or mucous membrane
Etymologies
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Examples
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A grave type of pemphigus is exceptionally observed in the newborn -- _pemphigus neonatorum_.
Essentials of Diseases of the Skin Including the Syphilodermata Arranged in the Form of Questions and Answers Prepared Especially for Students of Medicine Henry Weightman Stelwagon 1886
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He had been in failing health in recent years, battling cancer of the esophagus as well as pemphigus, a rare autoimmune disease.
Archive 2008-12-01 2008
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His underlying disease was pemphigus vulgaris, a nasty autoimmune blistering disease of the skin.
Archive 2007-02-01 1 Dinosaur 2007
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‘Materia Medica,’ etc., is pemphigus, so pemphigus it is, and he has been ‘tonic – ed’ and massaged.
South: the story of Shackleton’s last expedition 1914–1917 2006
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The same physician, speaking of pemphigus, writes in the same place, that its etiology, prognosis and treatment, are still very dubious; that it leads to extensive chronic sufferings, and often terminates fatally; and that no specific remedy is known for this disease.
Apis Mellifica or, The Poison of the Honey-Bee, Considered as a Therapeutic Agent C. W. Wolf
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These developments lead us to suspect that urticaria and pemphigus are identical in essence; this fact is richly substantiated by the homœopathic law which furnishes identical means of cure for either of these affections.
Apis Mellifica or, The Poison of the Honey-Bee, Considered as a Therapeutic Agent C. W. Wolf
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Opinions differ regarding it, some considering it of septic origin, while others believe it to be nothing but pemphigus foliaceus.
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Sometimes it presents flaccid bullae like pemphigus foliaceus, and then there are crusts as well as scales, with rhagades on the mouth, anus, etc.; there is a total absence of fever or other general symptoms.
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Opinions differ regarding it, some considering it of septic origin, while others believe it to be nothing but pemphigus foliaceus.
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Sometimes it presents flaccid bullæ like pemphigus foliaceus, and then there are crusts as well as scales, with rhagades on the mouth, anus, etc.; there is a total absence of fever or other general symptoms.
slumry commented on the word pemphigus
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July 10, 2007