a. [f. L. lup-us wolf + -OUS.]
1. Resembling a wolf; wolfish, lupine.
1840. in Maunder, Sci. & Lit. Treas.; and in later Dicts.
2. Med. Pertaining to or resembling LUPUS.
1883. Pepper, Elem. Surg. Pathol., 30. Lupous ulcers (vide Lupus).
1897. W. Anderson, Surg. Treat. Lupus, 12. His section has passed well below the lupous cell-growth.