DISSEMINATED LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS

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 I. (noun) 

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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

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Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

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

lupus (any of several forms of ulcerative skin disease)

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