pemphigus

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noun

A severe autoimmune skin disease characterized by pustules and painful blisters, and which can be fatal.

OriginAncient Greek πέμφιξ →
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Meanings

nounpemphigus (usually uncountable, plural pemphigi)

plural pemphigi

  1. uncountableusuallymedicineA severe autoimmune skin disease characterized by pustules and painful blisters, and which can be fatal.
  2. countableusuallybiologyAn aphid of genus Pemphigus.

Origin

  1. Ancient Greekπέμφιξ“pustule”
  2. Englishpemphigus

From Ancient Greek πέμφιξ (pémphix, “pustule”).

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Translations

Arabic فُقَاع
  • فُقَاع (fuqāʕ)autoimmune skin disease
Bulgarian обрив с мехури
  • обрив с мехури (obriv s mehuri)autoimmune skin disease
Chinese Mandarin 天皰瘡 /天疱疮
  • 天皰瘡 /天疱疮 (tiānpàochuāng)autoimmune skin disease
Czech pemfigus
  • pemfigusautoimmune skin disease
Finnish pemfigus
  • pemfigusautoimmune skin disease
German Pemphigus
  • Pemphigusautoimmune skin disease
Greek πεμφιγίτιδα
  • πεμφιγίτιδα (pemfigítida)autoimmune skin disease
Japanese 天疱瘡
  • 天疱瘡 (tenpōsō)autoimmune skin disease
Portuguese pênfigo
  • pênfigoautoimmune skin disease
Romanian pemfigus
  • pemfigusautoimmune skin disease
Spanish pénfigo
  • pénfigoautoimmune skin disease
Swedish pemfigus
  • pemfigusautoimmune skin disease
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