释义 |
lupuslu‧pus /ˈluːpəs/ noun [uncountable] lupusOrigin: 1500-1600 Latin ‘wolf’; because people with the disease were thought to look as if they had been attacked by a wolf - But it did not work at all well for the degenerative diseases such as cancer, lupus, or various heart conditions.
- It appears to be useful in treating the auto-immune disease of lupus in humans.
- Like arthritis, multiple sclerosis and diabetes, lupus is a disease of the immune system gone awry.
one of several diseases that affect the skin and joints |