Pemphigus Definition

pĕmfĭ-gəs, pĕm-fīgəs
noun
A disease characterized by the formation of watery blisters on the skin, sometimes with itching.
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Origin of Pemphigus

  • New Latin pemphīgus from Greek pemphīx pemphīg- pustule

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From Ancient Greek πέμφιξ (pemphix, “pustule").

    From Wiktionary

Pemphigus Sentence Examples

  • It was first observed in 1856 by Asa Fitch (1809-1878), who did not suspect its mischief, and called it Pemphigus vitifoliae.

  • An American Aphid of the genus Pemphigus produces black, ragged, leathery and cut-shaped excrescences on the young branches of the hickory.

  • Certain skin diseases, as psoriasis, pemphigus and occasionally chronic eczema, are much benefited by its use, though occasionally a too prolonged course will produce the very lesion for which under other circumstances it is a cure.

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