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DISSEMINATED LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
An inflammatory disease of connective tissue with variable features including fever and weakness and fatigability and joint pains and skin lesions on the face or neck or arms
Synonyms:
disseminated lupus erythematosus; SLE; systemic lupus erythematosus
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Hypernyms ("disseminated lupus erythematosus" is a kind of...):
lupus (any of several forms of ulcerative skin disease)