See Also: systemic lupus erythematosus(medicine)
Systemic lupus erythematosus(health)
lupus erythematosus, systemic(medicine)
snout(medicine)
snout(1)(dictionary)
snout(2)(dictionary)
snout(dictionary)
snout(dictionary)
snout reflex(medicine)
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Systemic lupus erythematosus (health) and snout(1) (iou)


Systemic lupus erythematosus (health)


The commonest connective tissue disorder in which the commonest clinical features are dermatological (often with photosensitivity) and rheumatological.





snout(1) (iou)



snout noun1. ME.
[Middle Low German, Middle Dutch snut(e (Dutch snuit), whence Middle Swedish snuta, Danish snude, German Schnauze, ult. from Germanic word repr. also by SNITE verb, SNOT noun. Cf. SNOOT noun.]
a. The trunk of an elephant. ME.
b. The projecting part of an animal's face including the nose and mouth; the rostrum of a weevil. Formerly also, a bird's beak. ME.
P. Theroux Pigs..stick their snouts into the coconuts.
A person's nose, esp. when large or badly shaped. Formerly also, the face. Chiefly joc. or derog. ME.
The end of a ship's prow; the beak of a vessel. LME.
A structure, projecting point of land, etc., resembling a snout; a nozzle. LME.
D. Hewett Black snouts of factory chimneys. J. Carroll The snout of a German Luger..pressing against the flesh.
b. The steep terminal part of a glacier. M19.
Any of various noctuid moths that have long palps projecting in front of the head; esp. Hypena proboscidalis. Also snout-moth. E19.
A police informer. slang. E20.
Phrases: have a snout on Austral. slang dislike or bear ill will towards.
Comb.: snout-beetle a weevil; snout-face slang a contemptible person; snout-moth: see sense 5 above.
snouted adjective having a snout (of a specified kind); shaped like a snout: LME.
snoutish adjective L19.
snoutless adjective (rare) M19.
snouty adjective resembling a snout or muzzle; having a prominent snout: L17.