Pemphigus Definitions

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Herpes Simplex : چھالے پھوٹ پڑنے کا مرض , Vitiligo : برص کا مرض , Herpes : سوجن کا مرض , Dermatitis : ورم جلد , Erysipelas : ترخبادہ جلدی مرض , Acantholysis : خلیوں کی بیماری , Seborrheic Dermatitis : سیلان شحم , Molluscum : جلد کی ایک بیماری , Itch : خارش , Aleppo Boil : پہوڑا , Pityriasis : ایک جلدی مرض , Pertussis : کالی کھانسی , Typhus : ایک قسم کا بخار جس میں جسم پر دانے نکل آتے ہیں , Acanthosis Nigricans : جلد کی بیماری , Acne : کیل , Prurigo : قدیم خارشی مرض جو اکثر بچوں میں ہوتا ہے , Blister Beetle : بھنورا , Discoid Lupus Erythematosus : ٹکیہ جیسی سرخی والی جلد کی مخصوص حالت , Smallpox : چیچک ایک جلدی بیماری , Hansen's Disease : کوڑھ , Impetigo : زرد زخم , Ulcer : ناسور , Cyanosis : نیلا یرقان , Toucan : پھل کھانے والا پرندہ , Achromia : جلد کے خلیے نہ ہونا , Lupus : جلد کی بیماری , Goose Bump : رونگٹے , Stigma : جلد پر قدرتی نشان یا گومڑ ا , Crookneck : لمبا اور ٹیڑھا کدو , Exfoliation : سر کی خشکی , Webbed : جھلی دار پنجہ

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Herpes Simplex: an infection caused by the herpes simplex virus; affects the skin and nervous system; produces small temporary (but sometimes painful) blisters on the skin and mucous membranes.

Vitiligo: an acquired skin disease characterized by patches of unpigmented skin (often surrounded by a heavily pigmented border).

Herpes: viral diseases causing eruptions of the skin or mucous membrane.

Dermatitis: inflammation of the skin; skin becomes itchy and may develop blisters.

Erysipelas: an acute streptococcal infection characterized by deep-red inflammation of the skin and mucous membranes.

Acantholysis: a breakdown of a cell layer in the epidermis (as in pemphigus).

Seborrheic Dermatitis: a chronic skin disease associated with seborrhea and greasy scales on the scalp or eyelids or other parts of the skin.

Molluscum: any skin disease characterized by soft pulpy nodules.

Itch: a contagious skin infection caused by the itch mite; characterized by persistent itching and skin irritation.

Aleppo Boil: leishmaniasis of the skin; characterized by ulcerative skin lesions.

Pityriasis: any of several skin disorders characterized by shedding dry flakes of skin.

Pertussis: a disease of the respiratory mucous membrane.

Typhus: rickettsial disease transmitted by body lice and characterized by skin rash and high fever.

Acanthosis Nigricans: a skin disease characterized by dark wartlike patches in the body folds; can be benign or malignant.

Acne: an inflammatory disease involving the sebaceous glands of the skin; characterized by papules or pustules or comedones.

Prurigo: chronic inflammatory disease of the skin characterized by blister capped papules and intense itching.

Blister Beetle: beetle that produces a secretion that blisters the skin.

Discoid Lupus Erythematosus: a chronic skin disease occurring primarily in women between the ages of 20 and 40; characterized by an eruption of red lesions over the cheeks and bridge of the nose.

Smallpox: a highly contagious viral disease characterized by fever and weakness and skin eruption with pustules that form scabs that slough off leaving scars.

Hansen's Disease: chronic granulomatous communicable disease occurring in tropical and subtropical regions; characterized by inflamed nodules beneath the skin and wasting of body parts; caused by the bacillus Mycobacterium leprae.

Impetigo: a very contagious infection of the skin; common in children; localized redness develops into small blisters that gradually crust and erode.

Ulcer: a circumscribed inflammatory and often suppurating lesion on the skin or an internal mucous surface resulting in necrosis of tissue.

Cyanosis: a bluish discoloration of the skin and mucous membranes; a sign that oxygen in the blood is dangerously diminished (as in carbon monoxide poisoning).

Toucan: brilliantly colored arboreal fruit-eating bird of tropical America having a very large thin-walled beak.

Achromia: an absence of normal pigmentation especially in the skin (as in albinism) or in red blood cells.

Lupus: any of several forms of ulcerative skin disease.

Goose Bump: reflex erection of hairs of the skin in response to cold or emotional stress or skin irritation etc.

Stigma: a skin lesion that is a diagnostic sign of some disease.

Crookneck: yellow squash with a thin curved neck and somewhat warty skin.

Exfoliation: a thin flake of dead epidermis shed from the surface of the skin.

Webbed: (of the feet of some animals) having the digits connected by a thin fold of skin.