systemic lupus erythematosus

noun

A systemic autoimmune disease (or autoimmune connective tissue disease), where the immune system attacks the body's cells and tissue and causes inflammation and tissue damage.

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lupusSLEdisseminated lupus erythematosus
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Meanings

nounsystemic lupus erythematosus (uncountable)

alternative abbreviation SLE

  1. uncountablemedicineA systemic autoimmune disease (or autoimmune connective tissue disease), where the immune system attacks the body's cells and tissue and causes inflammation and tissue damage.

    Iberdomide, a cereblon modulator promoting degradation of the transcription factors Ikaros and Aiolos, which affect leukocyte development and autoimmunity, is being evaluated for the treatment of systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE).

    2022 March 17, Joan T. Merrill, Victoria P. Werth, Richard Furie et al., “Phase 2 Trial of Iberdomide in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus”, in The New England Journal of Medicine, volume 386, number 11, →DOI, page 1034

    Synonyms: lupus

Synonyms & antonyms

nounA systemic autoimmune disease (or autoimmune connective tissue disease), where the immune system attacks the body's cells and tissue and causes inflammation and tissue damage.

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lupus

More synonyms by meaning

nounan inflammatory disease of connective tissue with variable features including fever and weakness and fatigability and joint pains and skin lesions on the face or neck or arms

Similar
SLEdisseminated lupus erythematosus
Broader
lupus

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Translations

Arabic ذِئْبَة حَمْرَاء, ذِئْبَة حَمَامِيَّة مَجْمُوعِيَّة
  • ذِئْبَة حَمْرَاءsystemic autoimmune disease
  • ذِئْبَة حَمَامِيَّة مَجْمُوعِيَّةsystemic autoimmune disease
Chinese Mandarin 系統性紅斑狼瘡 /系统性红斑狼疮
  • 系統性紅斑狼瘡 /系统性红斑狼疮 (xìtǒngxìng hóngbān lángchuāng)systemic autoimmune disease
Esperanto sistema ruĝa lupuso
  • sistema ruĝa lupusosystemic autoimmune disease
Finnish SLE, systeeminen lupus erytematosus
  • SLEsystemic autoimmune disease
  • systeeminen lupus erytematosussystemic autoimmune disease
  • punahukkasystemic autoimmune disease
French lupus, lupus érythémateux disséminé
  • lupussystemic autoimmune disease
  • lupus érythémateux disséminésystemic autoimmune disease
German Lupus erythematodes
  • Lupus erythematodessystemic autoimmune disease
Russian систе́мная кра́сная волча́нка
  • систе́мная кра́сная волча́нка (sistémnaja krásnaja volčánka)systemic autoimmune disease
Spanish lupus eritematoso sistémico
  • lupus eritematoso sistémicosystemic autoimmune disease
Turkish sistemik lupus eritematozus
  • sistemik lupus eritematozussystemic autoimmune disease
Cite this entry
APA

systemic lupus erythematosus. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/systemic%20lupus%20erythematosus

MLA

“systemic lupus erythematosus.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/systemic%20lupus%20erythematosus. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “systemic lupus erythematosus,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/systemic%20lupus%20erythematosus.

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