Definition of lupus
:any of several diseases characterized by skin lesions;
especially
:systemic lupus erythematosus
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Chronic kidney disease spurred by lupus has affected Stansel's life for 15 years.
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Doctors tested Emily for everything from bulging disks and hypothyroidism to lupus and multiple sclerosis—
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Areas in St. Louis county near the Westlake Landfill Superfund site have higher incidence of lupus, rare cancers, neuropathy, and congenital defects than the general population.
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Jackie and Rande, identified only by their first names, have been looking after their grandchildren ever since their daughter died of lupus, according to New Jersey lottery officials.
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Spoonies take their name from Spoon Theory, an idea proposed by a woman named Christine Miserandino who was diagnosed with a chain of illnesses including chronic-fatigue syndrome before landing with a diagnosis of lupus.
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In Kansas City, Stephenie Hashmi is still struggling with lupus, and still struggling to get disability benefits.
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Spell said Stockstill, a mother of five, suffers from lupus and fibromyalgia and hurt her rotator cuff while in jail.
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The Catholic writer Flannery O’Connor, who contracted lupus in her 20s and fought the debilitating illness the rest of her life before dying at age 39 in 1964, never married.
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Origin and Etymology of lupus
Middle English, from Medieval Latin, from Latin, wolf
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