Lupus

¹ American  

[loo-puhs] / ˈlu pəs /

noun

Astronomy.

genitive

Lupi

1. the Wolf, a southern constellation between Centaurus and Norma.

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lupus ² American  

[loo-puhs] / ˈlu pəs /

noun

Pathology.

1. lupus vulgaris.

2. systemic lupus erythematosus.

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lupus ¹ British  

/ ˈluːpəs /

noun

1. any of various ulcerative skin diseases

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Lupus ² British  

/ ˈluːpəs /

noun

1. a constellation in the S hemisphere lying between Centaurus and Ara

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lupus Scientific  

/ lo̅o̅′pəs /

1. See systemic lupus erythematosus

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lupus Cultural  

1. An autoimmune disease that tends to strike women more frequently than men. The disease attacks the body's connective tissues.

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Usage

In current usage the word lupus alone is generally understood to signify lupus vulgaris, lupus erythematosus being normally referred to in full or by the abbreviation LE

Other Word Forms

• lupous adjective

Etymology

Origin of Lupus¹

From Latin

Origin of lupus¹

First recorded in 1580–90; from Medieval Latin, special use of Latin lupus “wolf”

Example Sentences

The same technology could be adapted to treat autoimmune diseases such as lupus, or even solid tumors resistant to current immunotherapies.

From The Wall Street Journal

The argument over the restoration vs. eradication of canis lupus has raged here for years.

From The Wall Street Journal

CAR-T treatments have been a cancer breakthrough, and are beginning to make a dent in aut0-immune disorders like lupus and multiple sclerosis.

From Barron's

These potentially disabling and often poorly understood conditions—including rheumatoid arthritis, lupus and Type 1 diabetes—occur when the immune system mistakenly attacks the body’s own cells and tissues.

From The Wall Street Journal

When scientists studied women with such diseases, they often found fetal cells in the affected organs: the skin in scleroderma, the liver in biliary cirrhosis, the joints in rheumatoid arthritis and lupus.

From The Wall Street Journal