Associations to the word «Lupus»

Wiktionary

LUPUS, noun. The specific name of the grey wolf, Canis lupus.
LUPUS, noun. (pathology) Any of a number of autoimmune diseases, the most common of which is systemic lupus erythematosus.
LUPUS, proper noun. (archaic) A taxonomic genus within the family Canidae   — now called Canis, the genus that includes wolves and dogs, which have no essential characters that taxonomically distinguish them as genera.
LUPUS, proper noun. (constellation) A summer constellation of the northern sky, said to resemble a wolf. It lies south of the constellation Libra.

Dictionary definition

LUPUS, noun. Any of several forms of ulcerative skin disease.
LUPUS, noun. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Centaurus.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats