LUPUS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Lupus mean? 

• LUPUS (noun)
  The noun LUPUS has 2 senses:

1. any of several forms of ulcerative skin disease

2. a constellation in the southern hemisphere near Centaurus

  Familiarity information: LUPUS used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• LUPUS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Any of several forms of ulcerative skin disease

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Hypernyms ("lupus" is a kind of...):

disease of the skin; skin disease; skin disorder (a disease affecting the skin)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "lupus"):

lupus vulgaris (tuberculosis of the skin; appears first on the face and heals slowly leaving deep scars)

discoid lupus erythematosus; DLE (a chronic skin disease occurring primarily in women between the ages of 20 and 40; characterized by an eruption of red lesions over the cheeks and bridge of the nose)

LE; lupus erythematosus (a chronic inflammatory collagen disease affecting connective tissue (skin or joints))

disseminated lupus erythematosus; SLE; systemic lupus erythematosus (an inflammatory disease of connective tissue with variable features including fever and weakness and fatigability and joint pains and skin lesions on the face or neck or arms)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Centaurus

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made)

Instance hypernyms:

constellation (a configuration of stars as seen from the earth)

 Context examples 

Presence of a lupus anticoagulant may actually increase risk for blood clots, and may indicate presence of systemic lupus.

(Lab Lupus Inhibitor Test, NCI Thesaurus)

It is rarely associated with lupus erythematosus.

(Histiocytic Necrotizing Lymphadenitis, NCI Thesaurus)

People with inflammatory diseases such as rheumatoid arthritis, systemic lupus erythematosus, and psoriasis have a much higher rate of cardiovascular events.

(Study links psoriasis treatment and improvement in heart artery disease, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

It can cause many different symptoms; however, not everyone with lupus has all of the symptoms.

(Lupus, NCI Dictionary)

Subacute cutaneous lupus causes sores after being out in the sun.

(Lupus, NIH: National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases)

A chronic form of cutaneous lupus erythematosus (LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS, CUTANEOUS) in which the skin lesions mimic those of the systemic form but in which systemic signs are rare.

(Discoid Lupus Erythematosus, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)

You can also lose your hair if you have certain diseases, such as thyroid problems, diabetes, or lupus.

(Hair Loss, NIH)

A syndrome associated with a variety of diseases, notably systemic lupus erythematosus and other connective tissue diseases, thrombopenia, and arterial or venous thromboses, marked by the presence of antibodies directed against phospholipids.

(Antiphospholipid Syndrome, NCI Thesaurus)

It may be systemic (e.g., systemic lupus erythematosus), or organ specific, (e.g., thyroiditis).

(Autoimmune disease, NCI Thesaurus)

Abnormally active BAFF or APRIL signaling may play a role in autoimmune disorders such as lupus.

(B-Cell Immune Response Pathway, NCI Thesaurus/BIOCARTA)