Lupus

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Webster's Dictionary [1]

(1): ( n.) A cutaneous disease occurring under two distinct forms.

(2): ( n.) The Wolf, a constellation situated south of Scorpio.

A Dictionary of Early Christian Biography [2]

Lupus (2) . [See Germanus (8).]

The Nuttall Encyclopedia [3]

A chronic disease of the skin, characterised by the tuberculous eruptions which eat into the skin, particularly of the face, and disfigure it.

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