| Meaning | Any of several forms of ulcerative skin disease. |
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| Narrower | discoid lupus erythematosus, DLE | A chronic skin disease occurring primarily in women between the ages of 20 and 40 |
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| lupus erythematosus, LE | A chronic inflammatory collagen disease affecting connective tissue (skin or joints) |
| lupus vulgaris | tuberculosis of the skin |
| systemic lupus erythematosus, SLE, disseminated lupus erythematosus | 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 |
| Broader | skin disease, disease of the skin, skin disorder | A disease affecting the skin |
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| Spanish | lupus |
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| Catalan | lupus |
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