lues Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun a common venereal disease caused by the treponema pallidum spirochete; symptoms change through progressive stages; can be congenital (transmitted through the placenta)
    lues venerea; syph; pox; syphilis.

WordNet


Lu"es noun
Etymology
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Definitions
  1. (Med.) Disease, especially of a contagious kind.

Webster 1913