Lupus Definition

lo͝opəs
noun

Any of various diseases with skin lesions, esp. systemic lupus erythematosus.

Webster's New World
Any of various chronic skin conditions characterized by ulcerative lesions that spread over the body. No longer in scientific use.
American Heritage
A S constellation near the Milky Way between Centaurus and Scorpius.
Webster's New World
pronoun

(astronomy) A summer constellation of the northern sky, said to resemble a wolf. It lies south of the constellation Libra.

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Origin of Lupus

  • Medieval Latin from Latin wolf wl̥kwo- in Indo-European roots

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • Latin from lupus wolf lupus

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • Latin lupus, a "wolf"

    From Wiktionary

  • From Latin lupus (“wolf").

    From Wiktionary

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