rhupus
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It's a recognised English word, but it isn't in the official NASPA Scrabble word list.
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- 11
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- 13
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- 6
Definition of rhupus
1 sense · 1 part of speech · etymology included
noun
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(uncountable)A rare condition characterized by overlapping features of both rheumatoid arthritis and systemic lupus erythematosus.
“As controls, 34 patients with rheumatoid arthritis and nine patients with rheumatoid arthritis and systemic lupus erythematosus (rhupus) were included. […] In contrast, rheumatoid arthritis and rhupus patients had 30- and 23-fold higher than normal amounts of anti-CCP (p < 0.001, both comparisons).”
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Etymology
Blend of rheumatoid arthritis + lupus. Coined by Austrian-born American rheumatologist Peter H. Schur in 1971.
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