See Also: lupus(dictionary)
Lupus(health)
Lupus(medicine)
lupus(dictionary)
lupus-like syndrome(medicine)
lupus profundus(medicine)
lupus papillomatosus(medicine)
lupus nephritis(medicine)
lupus mutilans(medicine)
lupus lymphaticus(medicine)

lupus (iou)



lupus noun. In sense 3 Lupus. L16.
[Latin = wolf.]
1. A wolf. Only in L16.
2. Any of various ulcerous or erosive diseases of the skin; now esp. lupus vulgaris and lupus erythematosus (see below). Also called noli me tangere. L16.
lupus erythematosus a chronic tuberculous disease of the skin giving rise to brownish nodules.
(The name of) a constellation of the southern hemisphere, lying partly in the Milky Way between Scorpius and Centaurus; the Wolf. L17.
The pike (fish). E18.