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Leprosy vs Lupus - What's the difference?

leprosy | lupus |

As nouns the difference between leprosy and lupus

is that leprosy is an infectious disease caused by infection by Mycobacterium leprae while lupus is any of a number of autoimmune diseases, the most common of which is systemic lupus erythematosus.

As a proper noun Lupus is

a summer constellation of the northern sky, said to resemble a wolf. It lies south of the constellation Libra.

leprosy

English

(wikipedia leprosy)

Noun

(leprosies)
  • An infectious disease caused by infection by Mycobacterium leprae .
    • The Europeans brought new diseases such as smallpox, measles, dysentery, influenza, syphilis and leprosy .
  • In the Bible, a disease of the skin not conclusively identified, which can also affect clothes and houses.

    • Synonyms

    * (infectious disease) Hansen's disease, mesel

    Derived terms

    * antileprosy

    Related terms

    * leper * leprous * leprotic

    References

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    lupus

    Translingual

    Noun

    (head)
  • The specific name of the grey wolf, Canis lupus .
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