Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun sle

1 sense of sle

Sense 1
systemic lupus erythematosus, SLE, disseminated lupus erythematosus -- (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)
       => lupus -- (any of several forms of ulcerative skin disease)