pem'phigus

[G. pemphix, a blister.] An affection of the skin characterized by the production of bullae, p. acu'tus, acute p., a form of p. running an acute, usually febrile course, frequently terminating fatally, p. chlorot'icus, p. virginum. p. chron'icus, p. vulgar is, p. circina'tus, dermatitis her pet i form is, p. contagio's us, (i) a disease endemic in the Philippines and neighboring countries, marked by a vesicular eruption in the axillae and on the contiguous surfates of the thighs; it is apparently a purely local affection, constitutional disturbances being absent; (2) p. neon a to rum; (3) Hanson's* pyosis. p. croupo's us, the formation of a false membrane on the raw surface left after rupture of the bullae of pemphigus, p. diphtherit'icus, p. crouposus. p. epidem'icus, p. contagiosus. p. febii'lis, p. acutus. p. folia'ceus [L. leafy], a form of p. in which the lesions persist and rupture, leaving denuded surfaces exuding a seropurulent fluid which dries on the surface nearly the entire body may finally become involved; and the buccal mucous membrane is often affected as well it causes death from exhaustion, p. haemorrhag'icus, p. in which there is more or le admixture of blood with the serum of the bull as. p. hyster'icus, an eruption of bullae occurring as an hysterical manifestation, p. lepro's us, an eruption of bullae, occurring sometimes in the course of anesthetic leprosy, p. neon a to'rum, an eruption of bullae with serous or purulent contents, affecting young infants, p. neurot'icus, an eruption of bullae, due to a trophic nerve lesion, occur-