Why is lupus so named? Does it come from the latin for 'wolf'?
The name Lupus is believed to be related to the Latin word for wolf (lupus). However, historians are unsure as to whether the name originally referred to a specific disease or to an injury that resulted in destruction of surrounding tissue. The name by which this disease is known alludes to the wolf -lupus in Latin- because of the destructive injuries that can bring to mind the bites of this animal. It is possible that in the beginning the name did not refer to a particular disease, but rather to any ulcerated injury with the destruction of tissue3. Although this name has been attributed to Paracelsus (1493-1541), Giovanni Manardi (1462-1536) had previously referred to some ulcers on the leg, which destroyed the surrounding area, using the comparison with a bite of hungry wolf.
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