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lupus1 /ˈluːpəs /noun [mass noun]Any of various diseases or conditions marked by inflammation of the skin, especially lupus vulgaris or lupus erythematosus.In some patients, lupus skin disease or lupus internal organ disease can be triggered by reactions to certain drugs....- Tests show blood rheumatism, lupus, rheumatoid arthritis, rheumatic fever, nervous rheumatism, or bone rheumatism.
- It can occur by itself or with other, common autoimmune diseases like rheumatoid arthritis and lupus.
Derivatives lupoid /ˈluːpɔɪd / adjective ...- There is also a specific inflammatory disease of the liver, related to SLE, called lupoid hepatitis.
- From January 1989 to February 1993, lupoid onychodystrophy was diagnosed in 18 dogs at the CVM.
- Diascopy with a glass spatula reveals the lupoid character of the infiltrations.
Origin Late 16th century: from Latin, literally 'wolf'. Rhymes upas Lupus2 /ˈluːpəs /Astronomy A southern constellation (the Wolf), lying partly in the Milky Way between Scorpius and Centaurus. Origin |