This is the 4437th most frequent Catalan word.
lupus
"Lupus" in Catalan refers to "lupus," a chronic autoimmune disease that can cause inflammation and damage to various body systems.
Here, 'lupus' refers to the autoimmune disease, specifically Systemic Lupus Erythematosus.
La malaltia del lupus afecta el sistema immune.
The disease lupus affects the immune system.
In this sentence, 'lupus' is used as a Latin word, meaning 'wolf'.
L'estudiant va confondre lupus amb una altra paraula mentre estudiava llatí.
The student confused 'lupus' with another word while studying Latin.
Here, 'lupus' refers to the animal, a wolf, bringing in a zoological context.