lupus erythematosus, systemic (medicine) and realism (oh)

lupus erythematosus, systemic (medicine)

lupus erythematosus, systemic

A chronic, relapsing, inflammatory, and often febrile multisystemic disorder of connective tissue, characterised principally by involvement of the skin, joints, kidneys, and serosal membranes. It is of unknown aetiology, but is thought to represent a failure of the regulatory mechanisms of the autoimmune system. The disease is marked by a wide range of system dysfunctions, an elevated erythrocyte sedimentation rate, and the formation of le cells in the blood or bone marrow.

realism (oh)

the ability to accept and deal with difficult situations in a practical way, based on what is possible rather than what you would like to happen
::He has hope, but also a scientist's sense of realism.
the quality of being or seeming real
::the realism of the horses on the carousel
also Realism
the style of Art and literature in which things, especially unpleasant things, are shown or described as they really are in life
-see also idealism idealism, romanticism romanticism
::the tough realism of his early works

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