lupus
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- noun
- /ˈluːpəs/
- Specialized
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lupus
- The doctor said I had one of three things: lupus, juvenile rheumatoid arthritis, or mononucleosis.
- lupus erythematosus
- systemic lupus
- lupus (SLE)
For a few years I've been battling lupus and fibromyalgia.
- For a few years I've been battling lupus and fibromyalgia.
- Things like rheumatoid arthritis, systemic lupus, chronic fatigue, fibromyalgia, inflammatory diseases of the gut, and and so on.
Examples
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I told Woodrup my mother has lupus.
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MM is a 34-year-old female who has a 2-year history of systemic lupus erythematosus and scleroderma.
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And for him, finding a group for people with lupus would be really really helpful as well.
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And then my husband, I got ill with lupus and wasn't able to work.
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Their health problems include quadriplegia, lupus, breast cancer, and other serious conditions.
Academic text (2000) -
Her mother has lupus.
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For a few years I've been battling lupus and fibromyalgia.
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In fact, the name of the illness lupus comes from the Latin of wolf because the skin lesions can be so severe that they look like a kind of wolf's bite.
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A renal biopsy was scheduled to document the pathologic nature of her lupus nephritis.
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After living with lupus for several years, she learned to manage its symptoms effectively.
Synonyms
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A long-term illness where the immune system attacks the body, causing tiredness, joint pain, and skin rashes
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A long-lasting disease that makes the body attack its own skin and joints
A long-term illness in which the body's defence attacks the skin, joints, and other parts
A long-term disease where the immune system attacks the body's own tissues, causing tiredness, joint pain, and skin rash
A disease in which the immune system attacks many body parts, causing tiredness, joint pain, and a face rash
Compounds
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A large wild dog called the gray wolf that lives in forests in North America, Eurasia, and North Africa
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A large white wolf that lives in the Arctic with a black tip on its tail
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A long-lasting skin condition that makes red patches on the cheeks and bridge of the nose
- Specialized
A disease in which the immune system attacks many body parts, causing tiredness, joint pain, and a face rash
- Specialized
A long-term illness in which the body's defence attacks the skin, joints, and other parts
- Archaic
A long-lasting skin infection from tuberculosis that causes deep slow-healing sores on the face
- Specialized
A long-term disease where the immune system attacks the body's own tissues, causing tiredness, joint pain, and skin rash
How Severe
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Surface Forms
Etymology
The word lupus comes from the Latin word lupus, which means 'wolf', because doctors long ago thought the skin sores looked like a wolf's bite. That's why lupus is the name for a disease that makes painful skin wounds and can also attack other parts of the body.