a. [f. L. lup-us wolf + -OUS.]

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  1.  Resembling a wolf; wolfish, lupine.

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1840.  in Maunder, Sci. & Lit. Treas.; and in later Dicts.

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  2.  Med. Pertaining to or resembling LUPUS.

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1883.  Pepper, Elem. Surg. Pathol., 30. Lupous ulcers (vide Lupus).

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1897.  W. Anderson, Surg. Treat. Lupus, 12. His section has passed well below the lupous cell-growth.

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