pemphigus

English

Etymology

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

Noun

pemphigus (usually uncountable, plural pemphigi)

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

Related terms

• pemphigoid

Translations

autoimmune skin disease

• Arabic: فُقَاع m (fuqāʕ)
• Bulgarian: обрив с мехури (obriv s mehuri)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 天皰瘡 / 天疱疮 (tiānpàochuāng)

• Czech: pemfigus m
• Danish: please add this translation if you can
• Finnish: pemfigus
• German: Pemphigus m
• Greek: please add this translation if you can
• Japanese: 天疱瘡 (てんぽうそう, tenpōsō)
• Portuguese: pênfigo (pt) m
• Romanian: pemfigus (ro) n
• Serbo-Croatian: plikovica f
• Spanish: pénfigo m
• Swedish: pemfigus c

References

• Stedman's Medical Dictionary
• Compact Oxford English Dictionary