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Entry 2 senses Webster, 1913

Lupus

/lo͝o'pəs/ · Lu·pus · IPA /ˈlupəs/
01 n. originally, a cutaneous disease with the appearance of the skin having been gnawed, and occurring under two distinct forms. Now used as a …
  1. 1.
    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.(Med.)
  2. 2.
    The Wolf, a constellation situated south of Scorpio.(Astron.)