pemphigus (redirected from pemphigus erythematosus)

pem·phi·gus  (pmf-gs, pm-fgs)

n.

Any of several acute or chronic skin diseases characterized by groups of itching blisters.

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[New Latin pemphgus, from Greek pemphx, pemphg-, pustule.]

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pemphi·gous adj.

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pemphigus - a skin disease characterized by large thin-walled blisters (bullae) arising from normal skin or mucous membrane 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 acantholysis - a breakdown of a cell layer in the epidermis (as in pemphigus)