天てん疱ぽう瘡そう

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Meanings

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noun

pemphigus

medicine

Medical term for a group of rare autoimmune blistering diseases affecting the skin and mucous membranes.

天てん疱ぽう瘡そうは自じ己こ免めん疫えき疾しっ患かんの一いっ種しゅです。
Pemphigus is a type of autoimmune disease.

heavens, sky, imperial

疱smallpox, blister

瘡wound, boil, syphilis

Etymology

The term is composed of 天 (ten, 'heaven' or 'natural'), 疱 (hō, 'blister'), and 瘡 (sō, 'sore' or 'skin lesion'), reflecting the blistering nature of the disease. The exact historical derivation is uncertain.