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Lupus  n.  
1.
(Med.) Originally, a cutaneous disease with the appearance of the skin having been gnawed, and occurring under two distinct forms. Now used as a generic term for over ten distinguishable diseases having visible cutaneous symptoms. Note: Lupus erythematosus is characterized by an eruption of red patches, which become incrusted, leaving superficial scars. Lupus vulgaris is marked by the development of nodules which often ulcerate deeply and produce great deformity. Prior to 1900 the latter was often confounded with cancer, and some varieties of cancer were included under Lupus. Systemic lupus erythematosus is an inflammatory connective tissue disease occurring mostly in women, characterized by skin rash, fever, and arthritic symptoms, and often accompanied by hemolytic anemia, inflammation of the pericardium, glomerular lesions, and hyperglobulinemia; the condition shows positive in the LE cell test. br/
2.
(Astron.) The Wolf, a constellation situated south of Scorpio.






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"Lupus" Quotes from Famous Books



... the lollardes of Prage were distroyd, for at too jorneys there were sclayn of them mo thanne xx^{ti} m^{l} with there cheveteynes; that is for to sey, P'copins, Shaphoo, and Lupus, P'sbit; and there also was taken onlyve Maister Piers clerk of Engelond, and an Englyssh heretyk and enemye to all Holy Chirche. Also this same yere was a gret frost and a strong, lastynge more than xj wokes, for it dured fro seynt ...
— A Chronicle of London from 1089 to 1483 • Anonymous

... 220) the bishops, Germanicus, and Lupus, headed the Britons against the Picts and Saxons, in Easter week, fresh from their baptism in the Alyn, Germanicus ordered them to attend to his war-cry, and repeat it; he gave "Alleluia." The hills so loudly re-echoed the cry, that the enemy caught panic, and fled with great slaughter. Maes ...
— Harold, Complete - The Last Of The Saxon Kings • Edward Bulwer-Lytton

... love for that poor little isle where he had spent so many years, and learned so much. Salvian, also, the "Master of Bishops," as he was called, though himself only a priest, was held to be the most eloquent man of his day, only second to S. Augustine. S. Eucherius of Lyons, S. Lupus of Troyes, who had married the sister of S. Hilary, were other prelates trained in this holy isle. When Troyes was threatened by Attila and his Huns, Lupus boldly went forth to meet him. "Who art thou?" asked the bishop. "I am Attila, ...
— In Troubadour-Land - A Ramble in Provence and Languedoc • S. Baring-Gould

... which occurred in the years 2136 or 2128 B.C. respectively, the Sun being then in the sidereal division "Fang," a locality determined by the stars [Greek: beta], [Greek: delta], [Greek: pi], and [Greek: rho]Scorpii, and which includes a few small stars in Libra and Ophiuchus to the N. and in Lupus to the S. How this simple and neat conclusion, which I have stated with such apparent dogmatism, was arrived at is quite another question, and it would hardly be consistent with the purpose of this volume to attempt to work it out in detail, but a few points presented in ...
— The Story of Eclipses • George Chambers

... Having heard that at Hypata, the principal city of Thessaly, fine-flavored new cheese was for sale cheap, I made the best of my way there to buy it all up. But as usual, happening to start left foot foremost, which is unlucky, all my hopes of profit came to nothing; for a fellow named Lupus, a merchant who does things on a big scale, had bought the whole ...
— Library Of The World's Best Literature, Ancient And Modern, Vol. 2 • Charles Dudley Warner

... any kind: then think where are they all now? Smoke and ash and a tale, or not even a tale. And let there be present to thy mind also everything of this sort, how Fabius Catullinus lived in the country, and Lucius Lupus in his gardens, and Stertinius at Baiae, and Tiberius at Capreae, and Velius Rufus [or Rufus at Velia]; and in fine think of the eager pursuit of anything conjoined with pride; and how worthless everything is after which men violently strain; and how ...
— The Thoughts Of The Emperor Marcus Aurelius Antoninus • Marcus Aurelius

... feritas modo non trepidat, territa de grege candidulo? inpavidas lupus inter oves tristis obambulat et rabidum sanguinis inmemor ...
— The Hymns of Prudentius • Aurelius Clemens Prudentius

... took the wisest method to secure the conquered country that could be devised by human wisdom; he parcelled out the kingdom among his greater Barons; the whole county of Chester is said to have fallen to the share of Hugh Lupus: and these were subdivided into 62,000 Knight's-sees, which were held under the great Barons by military service. Thus the Sovereign by only signifying his pleasure to the Barons, could instantly raise an army for any purpose. We cannot produce a stronger indication ...
— An History of Birmingham (1783) • William Hutton



Words linked to "Lupus" :   disease of the skin, lupus vulgaris, systemic lupus erythematosus, disseminated lupus erythematosus, DLE, constellation, LE, SLE



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