Noun

• S: (n) scleroderma, dermatosclerosis (an autoimmune disease that affects the blood vessels and connective tissue; fibrous connective tissue is deposited in the skin)
• direct hyponym / full hyponym
• direct hypernym / inherited hypernym / sister term
• S: (n) autoimmune disease, autoimmune disorder (any of a large group of diseases characterized by abnormal functioning of the immune system that causes your immune system to produce antibodies against your own tissues)
• S: (n) myasthenia gravis, myasthenia (a chronic progressive disease characterized by chronic fatigue and muscular weakness (especially in the face and neck); caused by a deficiency of acetylcholine at the neuromuscular junctions)
• S: (n) multiple sclerosis, MS, disseminated sclerosis, disseminated multiple sclerosis (a chronic progressive nervous disorder involving loss of myelin sheath around certain nerve fibers)
• S: (n) type I diabetes, insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus, IDDM, juvenile-onset diabetes, juvenile diabetes, growth-onset diabetes, ketosis-prone diabetes, ketoacidosis-prone diabetes, autoimmune diabetes (severe diabetes mellitus with an early onset; characterized by polyuria and excessive thirst and increased appetite and weight loss and episodic ketoacidosis; diet and insulin injections are required to control the disease)
• S: (n) Graves' disease, exophthalmic goiter (exophthalmos occurring in association with goiter; hyperthyroidism with protrusion of the eyeballs)
• S: (n) rheumatoid arthritis, atrophic arthritis, rheumatism (a chronic autoimmune disease with inflammation of the joints and marked deformities; something (possibly a virus) triggers an attack on the synovium by the immune system, which releases cytokines that stimulate an inflammatory reaction that can lead to the destruction of all components of the joint)
• S: (n) ankylosing spondylitis, Marie-Strumpell disease, rheumatoid spondylitis (a chronic form of spondylitis primarily in males and marked by impaired mobility of the spine; sometimes leads to ankylosis)
• S: (n) discoid lupus erythematosus, DLE (a chronic skin disease occurring primarily in women between the ages of 20 and 40; characterized by an eruption of red lesions over the cheeks and bridge of the nose)
• S: (n) Hashimoto's disease (autoimmune disorder of the thyroid gland; most common in middle-aged women)
• S: (n) lupus erythematosus, LE (a chronic inflammatory collagen disease affecting connective tissue (skin or joints))
• S: (n) pemphigus (a skin disease characterized by large thin-walled blisters (bullae) arising from normal skin or mucous membrane)
• S: (n) scleroderma, dermatosclerosis (an autoimmune disease that affects the blood vessels and connective tissue; fibrous connective tissue is deposited in the skin)
• S: (n) thrombocytopenic purpura, idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura, purpura hemorrhagica, Werlhof's disease (purpura associated with a reduction in circulating blood platelets which can result from a variety of factors)