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lupus


  3  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Lupus  \Lu"pus\,  n.  [L.,  a  wolf.  See  {Wolf}.] 
  1.  (Med.)  A  cutaneous  disease  occurring  under  two  distinct 
  forms. 
 
  Note:  Lupus  erythematosus  is  characterized  by  an  eruption  of 
  red  patches,  which  become  incrusted,  leaving 
  superficial  scars.  L.  vulgaris  is  marked  by  the 
  development  of  nodules  which  often  ulcerate  deeply  and 
  produce  great  deformity.  Formerly  the  latter  was  often 
  confounded  with  cancer,  and  some  varieties  of  cancer 
  were  included  under  Lupus. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  lupus 
  n  1:  any  of  several  forms  of  ulcerative  skin  disease 
  2:  a  constellation  in  the  southern  hemisphere  near  Centaurus 
  [syn:  {Lupus}] 
 
  From  U.S.  Gazetteer  (1990)  [gazetteer]: 
 
  Lupus,  MO  (town,  FIPS  44498) 
  Location:  38.84572  N,  92.45422  W 
  Population  (1990):  39  (25  housing  units) 
  Area:  0.5  sq  km  (land),  0.0  sq  km  (water) 




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