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Lupus   /lˈupəs/   Listen
Lupus

noun
1.
Any of several forms of ulcerative skin disease.
2.
A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Centaurus.



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"Lupus" Quotes from Famous Books



... name, probably Gwenfrewi, or White Stream, in Latin Genovefa, but she is best known by the late French form of Genevieve. When she was about seven years old, two celebrated bishops passed through the village, Germanus, of Auxerre, and Lupus, of Troyes, who had been invited to Britain to dispute the false doctrines of Pelagius. All the inhabitants flocked into the church to see them, pray with them, and receive their blessing; and here the sweet childish devotion of Genevieve so struck ...
— The Junior Classics • Various

... inflammation, as in white swellings and hip-joint disease. Various skin diseases are regarded as local expressions of, or as being materially modified by, the scrofulous diathesis, as eczema, impetigo, and lupus. The disease popularly known as "fever-sore" is another form of scrofulous manifestation, affecting the shafts of the bones, and causing disorganization and decay of their structure. Discharges from the ear, bronchitis, chronic inflammation of the intestinal mucous membrane, and chronic ...
— The People's Common Sense Medical Adviser in Plain English • R. V. Pierce



Words linked to "Lupus" :   disease of the skin, constellation, skin disease, DLE, LE, skin disorder, SLE



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