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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: any of several forms of ulcerative skin disease
2: a constellation in the southern hemisphere near Centaurus

Merriam Webster's

noun Etymology: Middle English, from Medieval Latin, from Latin, wolf Date: 14th century any of several diseases characterized by skin lesions; especially systemic lupus erythematosus

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. any of various ulcerous skin diseases, esp. tuberculosis of the skin. Phrases and idioms: lupus vulgaris tuberculosis with dark red patches on the skin, usu. due to direct inoculation of the tuberculosis bacillus into the skin. Derivatives: lupoid adj. lupous adj. Etymology: L, = wolf

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Lupus Lu"pus, n. [L., a wolf. See Wolf.] 1. (Med.) A cutaneous disease occurring under two distinct forms. Note: Lupus erythematosus is characterized by an eruption of red patches, which become incrusted, leaving superficial scars. L. vulgaris is marked by the development of nodules which often ulcerate deeply and produce great deformity. Formerly the latter was often confounded with cancer, and some varieties of cancer were included under Lupus.