Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Wolfish; like a wolf.
- Relating to lupus.
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Examples
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The malady especially attacks the inner angle of the eye, destroys the entrance of the lachrymal duct, and from there the lupous tubercles appear on the connective tissue.
Prof. Koch's Method to Cure Tuberculosis Popularly Treated Max Birnbaum 1876
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Caustics were applied to destroy lupous tubercles by direct action, and furthermore recourse has been taken to the so-called mechanical treatment, in which the ringworm was scraped out.
Prof. Koch's Method to Cure Tuberculosis Popularly Treated Max Birnbaum 1876
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Tubercles appear anew on the margins of the ulcers and in the spaces between them, isolated whitish spots of sunken or raised scab tissue are observed on which very frequently lupous tubercles again develop.
Prof. Koch's Method to Cure Tuberculosis Popularly Treated Max Birnbaum 1876
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Unfortunately it has not been possible before this to remove all diseased portions, no matter what method was applied, because often tiny lupous tubercles spring up which are almost invisible to the naked eye.
Prof. Koch's Method to Cure Tuberculosis Popularly Treated Max Birnbaum 1876
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Between these whitish scarred spots are noticeable on which small red lupous tubercles again appear.
Prof. Koch's Method to Cure Tuberculosis Popularly Treated Max Birnbaum 1876
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