What's the difference between libra and lupus?

Libra


Definition:

  • (n.) The Balance; the seventh sign in the zodiac, which the sun enters at the autumnal equinox in September, marked thus / in almanacs, etc.
  • (n.) A southern constellation between Virgo and Scorpio.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) A simple test of the positive connection between renal disease and the sign of Libra was undertaken by studying the birth dates of consecutive nephrology in-patient admissions.
  • (2) The first, Gliese 581d, is among several that circle one of Earth's nearest stars, a cool red dwarf around 20 light years away in the constellation Libra.
  • (3) Luscious Libras Luscious Libras Photograph: Alicia Canter "This is our walkabout performance – we're a Mexican-wrestling thumb-war team.
  • (4) Catton, a Libra, admitted she had not checked her horoscope but there was a significant astrological aspect to her winning, as the last New Zealander to win was 28 years ago, an important astrological number – "it is the time that Saturn takes to orbit around the Earth."
  • (5) He is turning 60 in October (taking advantage of this milestone to release a 25-year retrospective box-set of CDs and DVDs) and so, to break the ice, I ask him if this makes him a Libra, believing that my feigned interest in astrology will doubtless appeal to his "spiritual" side.
  • (6) In Brazil, BG’s assets would give Shell a further foothold in one of the lowest cost basins in the world, and could add potential synergies with Shell’s Libra assets.

Lupus


Definition:

  • (n.) A cutaneous disease occurring under two distinct forms.
  • (n.) The Wolf, a constellation situated south of Scorpio.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) We determined whether serological investigations can assist to distinguish between chronic idiopathic autoimmune thrombocytopenia (cAITP) and immune-mediated thrombocytopenia in patients at risk to develop systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE); 82 patients were seen in this institution for the evaluation of immune thrombocytopenia.
  • (2) A patient previously reported to have discoid lupus erythematosus as a neonate eventually developed systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) at age 19 years.
  • (3) We describe 10 patients with cerebral venous thrombosis: two had protein S deficiency, one had protein C deficiency, one was in early pregnancy, and there was a single case of each of the following: dural arteriovenous malformation, intracerebral arteriovenous malformation, bilateral glomus tumours, systemic lupus erythematosus, Wegener's granulomatosis, non-Hodgkin's lymphoma.
  • (4) It was recently demonstrated that MRL-lpr lymphoid cells transferred into lethally irradiated MRL- +mice unexpectedly failed to induce the early onset of lupus syndrome and massive lymphadenopathy of the donor, instead they caused a severe wasting syndrome resembling graft-vs-host (GvH) disease.
  • (5) A total of 106 patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) underwent clinico-laboratory comparative studies.
  • (6) Lupus anticoagulant associated with thrombocytopenia, thrombosis or recurrent abortions was diagnosed in 2 epileptic patients chronically treated with anticonvulsant drugs.
  • (7) To determine causes of death, estrogen toxicity, and hyperprolactinemia in a murine model of systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE).
  • (8) A prospective study was carried out in 25 patients with systemic lupus erythematosis (SLE) on the effect of normalizing serum complement (CH50) and anti-DNA antibodies on the course of lupus nephritis.
  • (9) Multiple system involvement, typical serologic findings, and postmortem evidence substantiated the diagnosis of lupus erythematosus.
  • (10) The skin lesions resembled disseminated subacute lupus erythematosus on clinical examination, but actinic granuloma or annular elastolytic giant cell granuloma was seen in biopsy specimens of the lesions.
  • (11) The evaluation of patients presenting with a hemophagocytic syndrome should include serologic tests for systemic lupus erythematosus.
  • (12) Antihistone antibodies, which are characteristic of drug-induced lupus erythematosus associated with procainamide and hydralazine therapy, were detected in all patients with quinidine-induced lupus erythematosus.
  • (13) Computed tomographic (CT) findings in 14 patients with systemic lupus erythematosus are correlated with clinical symptomatology.
  • (14) The lupus anticoagulant and antibodies to cardiolipin were found to be positive at this time.
  • (15) A child should be tested for lupus anticoagulant or anticardiolipin antibody if venous or arterial occlusion occurs without a known predisposing cause, or if there is pulmonary embolism or symptoms or laboratory findings suggestive of a connective tissue disease.
  • (16) We used Western blot analysis to examine the occurrence and titer of antibody to cytoskeletal neurofilament protein antigens in patients with neuropsychiatric manifestations of systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) and in controls.
  • (17) This article reports the case of a patient with systemic lupus erythematosus accompanied by diabetes and the presence of antibodies to pancreatic islet cells.
  • (18) The test was positive only in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE).
  • (19) These non-pregnant patients without any antecedent autoimmune disease were explored for the presence for autoantibodies especially lupus anticoagulant.
  • (20) The CSF and serum of 2 systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) patients presented IgG anti-cardiolipin antibodies in corresponding levels.