how to pronounce lupus

/ˈlupəs/

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An example use of lupus in a speech by a native speaker of american english:

“… sometimes diseases like lupus or …”

meanings of lupus

name:

A summer constellation of the southern sky, said to resemble a wolf. It lies south of the constellation Libra.
A city and village in Missouri, United States.

noun:

Any of a number of autoimmune diseases, the most common of which is systemic lupus erythematosus.

lupus frequency in english - C2 level of CEFR

the word lupus occurs in english on average 2.5 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C2 level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.