Lupus

  1. Proper noun.  (constellation) A summer constellation of the northern sky, said to resemble a wolf. It lies south of the constellation Libra.
  2. Noun.  (disease) A debilitating autoimmune disease which attacks the whole body, causing skin sores, pains throughout the body, lack of breath, and kidney and heart problems.

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