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erythematosus
noun(lupus er-y-the-ma-to-sus)
a disorder characterized by skin inflammation; especially : systemic lupus erythematosus
erythematosus
noun(lupus er-y-the-ma-to-sus)
a chronic, inflammatory, variable autoimmune disease of connective tissue that occurs chiefly in women and is typically characterized by fever, skin rash, fatigue, and joint pain and often by disorders of the blood, kidneys, heart, lungs, and brain (such as hemolytic anemia, nephritis, pleurisy, pericarditis, cognitive dysfunction, or meningitis) —abbreviation SLE—called also lupus

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