systemic lupus erythematosus

1. 1.

   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

   SynonymsSLEdisseminated lupus erythematosus

   Broaderlupus

Questions about systemic lupus erythematosus

What does systemic lupus erythematosus mean?

systemic lupus erythematosus means "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".

What is another word for systemic lupus erythematosus?

Close synonyms include SLE, disseminated lupus erythematosus. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.