lupus
Medical term for lupus, especially in compound forms like 尋常性狼瘡 (lupus vulgaris). Often explained alongside the loanword エリテマトーデス.
Lupus is one of the autoimmune diseases.
I was diagnosed with lupus at the dermatology clinic.
A Sino-Japanese medical term corresponding to Latin lupus, whose name means “wolf.” 狼瘡 similarly combines 狼 “wolf” with 瘡 “sore, lesion.”