Lupus
in zoölogy: (1) a genus established by Buffon, to include the true wolves and the jackals, now generally considered as forming part of the genus Canis. (2) The first section of Hamil ton Smith's subgenus Chaon. In this nomenclature Lupus vulgaris is the common wolf, L. lycaon the black wolf, L. nubilus the dusky wolf, and L. mexicanus the Mexican wolf. In pathology: A spreading tuberculous inflammation of the skin, generally of the face, tending to great destructive ulceration, often from syphilis. There are two forms, chronic lupus and lupus exedens, the latter characterized by the rapid eating away of the parts affected. În astronomy: The Wolf; one of the 15 ancient LURISTAN (lö-ris-tän'), a mountainous province in the W. of Persia; area 15,600 square miles; pop. about 300,000.
It corresponds roughly to the ancient Susiana, was the seat of the ancient Elamite empire, and is now occupied by numerous minor tribes.
LUSHWANKAN. See PORT ARTHUR.