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lupus
1[ loo-puhs ]
Lupus
2[ loo-puhs ]
noun
- the Wolf, a southern constellation between Centaurus and Norma.
lupus
1/ ˈluːpəs /
noun
- any of various ulcerative skin diseases
Lupus
2/ ˈluːpəs /
noun
- a constellation in the S hemisphere lying between Centaurus and Ara
lupus
/ lo̅o̅′pəs /
lupus
- An autoimmune disease that tends to strike women more frequently than men. The disease attacks the body's connective tissues.
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- lupous adjective
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Example Sentences
The drug is used to treat lupus, and Upton asked whether anyone with that disease had contracted the coronavirus.
Those with autoimmune or chronic inflammatory conditions such as lupus, multiple sclerosis and rheumatoid arthritis.
Sanz had seen this phenomenon before in lupus, and many believed it to be a hallmark of immune dysfunction.
In October, a team of researchers led by Ignacio Sanz, an expert on lupus at Emory University, documented a phenomenon in the immune system of many severe covid patients that is often seen during lupus flare-ups.
“What rocked my world was seeing covid patients with levels of autoreactivity commensurate with an autoimmune disease like lupus,” he says.
Lupus is a protean disease that can cause inflammation in just about every part of the body, including the synovium.
My thyroid was removed, I underwent radiation, and lupus threw a party in my body to celebrate.
I am a 28 year old female who suffer from the autoimmune disease lupus.
He then said curiously, "There was a story about lupus or something… did you have lupus?"
So, a curious King dug deeper: “There was a story about lupus or something… did you have lupus?”
The consul Rutilius Lupus was destroyed with his forces, by an ambuscade, near the river Livis, during the social war.
His description of noli me tangere and of lupus is rather practical.
Is there any difficulty in the diagnosis of lupus erythematosus?
Lupus erythematosus has no papules, tubercles or ulceration.
What changes do the lupus tubercles or infiltrations undergo?
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