LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does lupus erythematosus mean? 

• LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS (noun)
  The noun LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS has 1 sense:

1. a chronic inflammatory collagen disease affecting connective tissue (skin or joints)

  Familiarity information: LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A chronic inflammatory collagen disease affecting connective tissue (skin or joints)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Synonyms:

LE; lupus erythematosus

Hypernyms ("lupus erythematosus" is a kind of...):

autoimmune disease; autoimmune disorder (any of a large group of diseases characterized by abnormal functioning of the immune system that causes your immune system to produce antibodies against your own tissues)

lupus (any of several forms of ulcerative skin disease)

 Context examples 

The most common type, systemic lupus erythematosus, affects many parts of the body.

(Lupus, NIH: National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases)

A form of lupus erythematosus in which the skin may be the only organ involved or in which skin involvement precedes the spread into other body systems.

(Cutaneous Lupus Erythematosus, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)

Lupus erythematosus primarily affecting the subcutaneous adipose tissues.

(Lupus Panniculitis, NCI Thesaurus)

Decreased expression of the LYN gene is associated with systemic lupus erythematosus.

(LYN wt Allele, NCI Thesaurus)

Mutation of the gene is associated with systemic lupus erythematosus type 9.

(CR2 wt Allele, NCI Thesaurus)

A chronic form of cutaneous lupus erythematosus (LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS, CUTANEOUS) in which the skin lesions mimic those of the systemic form but in which systemic signs are rare.

(Discoid Lupus Erythematosus, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)

A syndrome associated with a variety of diseases, notably systemic lupus erythematosus and other connective tissue diseases, thrombopenia, and arterial or venous thromboses, marked by the presence of antibodies directed against phospholipids.

(Antiphospholipid Syndrome, NCI Thesaurus)

It may be systemic (e.g., systemic lupus erythematosus), or organ specific, (e.g., thyroiditis).

(Autoimmune disease, NCI Thesaurus)

The mothers of the affected babies may be asymptomatic or suffer from systemic lupus erythematosus, Sjogren's syndrome, or rheumatoid arthritis.

(Neonatal Lupus Erythematosus, NCI Thesaurus)

Patients with this disorder may also have a thymoma (a tumor of the thymus) or an autoimmune condition such as lupus erythematosus or rheumatoid arthritis.

(Acquired pure red cell aplasia, NCI Dictionary)