Pemphigus

Definition: Pemphigus

Pemphigus

Noun

1. A skin disease characterized by large thin-walled blisters (bullae) arising from normal skin or mucous membrane.

Etymology: Pemphigus \Pem*phi"gus\, noun. [New Latin expression, from the Greek expression bubble.]. (Websters 1913)

Specialty Definitions: Pemphigus

Domain	Definitions
Health	Group of chronic blistering diseases characterized histologically by acantholysis and blister formation within the epidermis. (references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Crosswords: Pemphigus

English words defined with "pemphigus": acantholysis ♦ pemphigous. (references)

Specialty definitions using "pemphigus": pemphigus acutus febrilis gravis, Pemphigus, Benign Familial. (references)

Non-English Usage: "Pemphigus" is also a word in the following languages with English translations in parentheses.

Danish (pemphigus), Dutch (pemphigus), French (pemphigus), German (pemphigus).

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Non-Fiction Usage: Pemphigus

Subject	Topic	Quote
Health		In the skin disease pemphigus vulgaris, autoantibodies are misdirected against cells in the skin. The accumulation of antibodies in the skin activates other molecules and cells to break down, resulting in skin blisters. (references)
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

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Usage Frequency: Pemphigus

"Pemphigus" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Pemphigus" is used about 2 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)

Parts of Speech	Percent	Usage per 100 Million Words	Rank in English
Noun (singular)	100%	2	245,945

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Expression: Pemphigus

Expression using "pemphigus": pemphigus acutus febrilis gravis. Additional references.
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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Pemphigus

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.

Expression	Frequency per Day
pemphigus	119
pemphigus vulgaris	49
pemphigus vegetans	8
foliaceus pemphigus	8
foliaceous pemphigus	5
canine pemphigus	4
bullous pemphigus	4
pemphigus picture	4
dog pemphigus	3
dog in pemphigus	3
foundation national pemphigus	3
pemphigus treatment	2
paraneoplastic pemphigus	2
erythematosus pemphigus	2
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translations: Pemphigus

Language		Translations for "pemphigus"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Arabic		‏الفقاع داء مرضي. (various references)

Bulgarian		мехурест обрив, пенфигус. (various references)

Danish		pemphigus. (various references)

Dutch		pemphigus (bullous eruption). (various references)

Finnish		pemfigus, ihon rakkulatauti. (various references)

French		pemphigus. (various references)

German		Pemphigus, Pemphigoid, Blasenausschlag (bullous eruption). (various references)

Greek		πέμφιγα, πομφολυγώδης δερματοπάθεια, φλυκταινώδες εξάνθημα (bullous eruption). (various references)

Hebrew		בוע� ת. (various references)

Hungarian		bõrhólyagosodás. (various references)

Italian		pemfigo. (various references)

Pig Latin		emphiguspay

Portuguese		pênfigo (pen), pênfigo, erupção vesiculosa (bullous eruption), bacia (basin, bath, bowl, coalfield, dish, drainage-tube, draw, hip, pelvis, reservoir, roller bump, tank, washbasin). (various references)

Russian		пузырчатка, пемфигус. (various references)

Serbo-Croatian		pemfigus. (various references)

Spanish		pénfigo maligno, pénfigo (bullous eruption), dermatosis bullosa. (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Derivations: Pemphigus

Derivations
	Words beginning with "pemphigus": pemphiguses. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Rhyming with "Pemphigus"

Words rhyming with "pemphigus" (pronounced 'Pem*phi"gus'): Argus, Choragus, Crataegus, fungus, Mundungus, Negus, Sagus, Spatangus, Strategus, Thaumaturgus, tragus, vagus. (additional references)

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Anagrams: Pemphigus

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "e-g-h-i-m-p-p-s-u"
	-2 letters: guimpes, guppies.
	-3 letters: guimpe, uppish.
	-4 letters: geums, gimps, guise, hemps, humps, pimps, pipes, pumps, spume.
	-5 letters: egis, emus, gems, geum, ghis, gies, gimp, gips, gums, gush, hemp, hems, hies, hips, hues, huge, hugs, hump, hums, imps, megs, mesh, migs, mise, mugs, muse, mush, pegs, pehs, peps, phis, pies, pigs, pimp, pipe, pips, pish, pugh.
	Words containing the letters "e-g-h-i-m-p-p-s-u"
	+2 letters: pemphiguses.
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