狼疮

狼瘡
lángchuāng
noun #40,730

Meanings

  1. 1 lupus (autoimmune disease)

Examples

Tā bèi zhěnduàn chū xìtǒngxìng hóngbān lángchuāng.
She was diagnosed with systemic lupus erythematosus.
Lángchuāng huànzhě xūyào chángqī fúyào kòngzhì bìngqíng.
Lupus patients need long-term medication to control the disease.

Tips

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A calque of the Latin lupus ('wolf'): both languages name the disease after the wolf-bite-like facial rash. 红斑狼疮 (hóngbān lángchuāng) literally 'red-spot wolf-sore' = lupus erythematosus.

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