lupus
(loo′pŭs)

[L. lupus, wolf]
Originally, any chronic, progressive, usually ulcerating, skin disease. In current usage, when the word is used alone, it has no precise meaning.
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Venes, Donald, editor. "Lupus." Taber's Medical Dictionary, 25th ed., F.A. Davis Company, 2025. Nursing Central, nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/768969/all/lupus.
Lupus. In: Venes DD, ed. Taber's Medical Dictionary. F.A. Davis Company; 2025. https://nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/768969/all/lupus. Accessed April 1, 2025.
Lupus. (2025). In Venes, D. (Ed.), Taber's Medical Dictionary (25th ed.). F.A. Davis Company. https://nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/768969/all/lupus
Lupus [Internet]. In: Venes DD, editors. Taber's Medical Dictionary. F.A. Davis Company; 2025. [cited 2025 April 01]. Available from: https://nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/768969/all/lupus.
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