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pemphigus


  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Pemphigus  \Pem*phi"gus\,  n.  [Nl.,  fr  Gr  ?,  ?,  a  bubble.] 
  (Med.) 
  A  somewhat  rare  skin  disease,  characterized  by  the 
  development  of  blebs  upon  different  part  of  the  body. 
  --Quain. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  pemphigus 
  n  :  a  skin  disease  characterized  by  large  thin-walled  blisters 
  (bullae)  arising  from  normal  skin  or  mucous  membrane 




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