LE
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- noun
- Specialized
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lupus eritematoso
- Patients with LE often struggle with fatigue and skin sensitivity.
Examples
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She learned that LE is an autoimmune disease that can affect various organs.
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The subjects were 25 LE rats that had been reared by their natural LE mother, eight DI rats that had been reared by their natural DI mother, and ten DI rats that had been reared by a LE foster mother.
Academic text (1990) -
The doctor diagnosed her with LE, which causes painful rashes and joint issues.
Synonyms
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A long-lasting disease where the body's defense system attacks its own parts, often causing skin rashes and joint pain
A long-term illness in which the body's defence attacks the skin, joints, and other parts
Idioms
Compounds
- Specialized
A rule that says a balanced chemical system shifts to undo a change and move back toward balance
- Specialized
When a balanced chemical system faces a change, it shifts to partly undo the change
- Specialized
A chemistry rule saying a balanced reaction changes to oppose a change and reach a new balance
- Specialized
A rule saying a balanced system moves to reduce a change and reach a new balance
Surface Forms
Etymology
LE stands for lupus erythematosus. Lupus is a Latin word meaning 'wolf' because doctors long ago thought the skin sores looked like a wolf bite, and erythematosus comes from a word meaning 'red', which explains the red rashes seen in the illness.