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    lupus

    Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++lu·pus /ˈluːpəs/ noun [uncountable]  one of several diseases that affect the skin and joints 狼疮
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    lupus• But it did not work at all well for the degenerative diseases such as cancer, lupus, or various heart conditions.• Like arthritis, multiple sclerosis and diabetes, lupus is a disease of the immune system gone awry.• It appears to be useful in treating the auto-immune disease of lupus in humans.    Origin lupus (1500-1600) Latin “wolf”; because people with the disease were thought to look as if they had been attacked by a wolf
    lu·pus nounChineseSyllable
    of that several diseases Corpus one the skin affect


    lupus
    lu‧pus /ˈluːpəs/ noun [uncountable]
     Date: 1500-1600
     Language: Latin
     Origin: 'wolf'; because people with the disease were thought to look as if they had been attacked by a wolf
    one of several diseases that affect the skin and joints


    lupusBrE /ˈluːpəs/ 🔊NAmE /ˈluːpəs/ 🔊 noun [uncountable] a disease that affects the skin or sometimes the joints 狼疮