Associations to the word «Lupus»

Wiktionary

LUPUS, noun. The specific name of the grey wolf, Canis lupus.
LUPUS, noun. (pathology) Any of a number of autoimmune diseases, the most common of which is systemic lupus erythematosus.
LUPUS, proper noun. (archaic) A taxonomic genus within the family Canidae   — now called Canis, the genus that includes wolves and dogs, which have no essential characters that taxonomically distinguish them as genera.
LUPUS, proper noun. (constellation) A summer constellation of the northern sky, said to resemble a wolf. It lies south of the constellation Libra.

Dictionary definition

LUPUS, noun. Any of several forms of ulcerative skin disease.
LUPUS, noun. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Centaurus.

Wise words

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