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Lupus

//ˈluːpəs// name, noun

Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A summer constellation of the southern sky, said to resemble a wolf. It lies south of the constellation Libra.
  2. 2
    A city and village in Missouri, United States.
Noun
  1. 1
    Any of a number of autoimmune diseases, the most common of which is systemic lupus erythematosus. uncountable

    "You like the name quesalupa? That is a little like "case of lupus". I just keep thinking about that."

  2. 2
    any of several forms of ulcerative skin disease wordnet

Etymology

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Latin lupus (“wolf”). Doublet of lobo and wolf.

Etymology 2

From Latin lupus (“wolf”).

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