lupus
/ˈluːpəs/ · noun
Meaning
- Any of a number of autoimmune diseases, the most common of which is systemic lupus erythematosus.
- A summer constellation of the southern sky, said to resemble a wolf. It lies south of the constellation Libra.
- A city and village in Missouri, United States.
Etymology / origin
Borrowed from Latin lupus (“wolf”). Doublet of lobo and wolf.
- lupus(Latin)→
- lupus (English)
- Relations: bor
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