单词 | lupus |
释义 | lupus From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishlupuslu‧pus /ˈluːpəs/ noun [uncountable]one of several diseases that affect the skin and jointsExamples from the Corpuslupus• But it did not work at all well for the degenerative diseases such as cancer, lupus, or various heart conditions.• Like arthritis, multiple sclerosis and diabetes, lupus is a disease of the immune system gone awry.• It appears to be useful in treating the auto-immune disease of lupus in humans.Origin lupus (1500-1600) Latin “wolf”; because people with the disease were thought to look as if they had been attacked by a wolf |
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