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lupus en · NOUN

Pronunciation

  • /ˈluːpəs/ (Received-Pronunciation)
  • lo͝o'pəs
  • /ˈlʉːpəs/ (Australia, New-Zealand)
  • (Texas) audio
  • /ˈlupəs/ (Canada, General-American)
  • (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

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

Meanings

  1. (uncountable) Any of a number of autoimmune diseases, the most common of which is systemic lupus erythematosus.
    • After the singer was diagnosed with lupus, she tells the vodcast “Giving Back Generation” that she discovered the disease has a direct impact on her weight, which made her struggle privately. 2019 November 12, Marianne Garvey, “Selena Gomez says she was attacked for gaining weight during her battle with lupus”, in CNN, archived from the original on 20 Mar 2023:
    • You like the name quesalupa? That is a little like "case of lupus". I just keep thinking about that. 2015 January 21, 00:05:15 from the start, in Conan Visits Taco Bell (Conan), Conan O'Brien (actor), Team Coco:
    • Iberdomide, a cereblon modulator promoting degradation of the transcription factors Ikaros and Aiolos, which affect leukocyte development and autoimmunity, is being evaluated for the treatment of systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE). 2022 March 17, Joan T. Merrill, Victoria P. Werth, Richard Furie et al., “Phase 2 Trial of Iberdomide in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus”, in The New England Journal of Medicine, volume 386, number 11, →DOI, page 1034:

Deriveds

nonlupus · lupologist · lupiform · lupuslike · rhupus · lupoid · neurolupus

Relateds

lupus erythematosus · lupulus · lupine · lupus miliaris disseminatus faciei

Synonyms

wolf

Translations (29)

eo lupuso (autoimmune disease) · bg ко̀жна туберкуло̀за (autoimmune disease) · sh zverinac (autoimmune disease) · az övrə (autoimmune disease) · bg вълча́нка (autoimmune disease) · ru волча́нка (autoimmune disease) · pt lúpus (autoimmune disease) · de Lupus (autoimmune disease) · nl lupus (autoimmune disease) · ro lupus (autoimmune disease) · it lupus (autoimmune disease) · hu lupusz (autoimmune disease) · az qurdeşənəyi (autoimmune disease) · fr lupus (autoimmune disease) · ar ذِئْبَة (autoimmune disease) · cmn 狼瘡 /狼疮 (autoimmune disease) · fi lupus (autoimmune disease) · el λύκος (autoimmune disease) · gl lupus (autoimmune disease) · bg лу́пус (autoimmune disease) · he זָאֶבֶת (autoimmune disease) · nl huidaandoening (autoimmune disease) · hu lupus (autoimmune disease) · ka მგლურა (autoimmune disease) · es lupus (autoimmune disease) · pl wilk (autoimmune disease) · pl toczeń (autoimmune disease) · ca lupus (autoimmune disease) · nl wolfszweer (autoimmune disease)

wikidata: Q1485