lues

[ loo-eez ]

noun

, Pathology.

1. syphilis.

lues

/ ˈluːiːz; luːˈɛtɪk /

noun

1. any venereal disease
2. a pestilence

Derived Forms

• luetic, adjective
• luˈetically, adverb

Word History and Origins

Origin of lues¹

1625–35; < New Latin, special use of Latin luēs plague, contagion

Word History and Origins

Origin of lues¹

C17: from New Latin, from Latin: calamity

Example Sentences

Lues testiculorum destrui potest substantiam testiculorum nisi morbus mature sanetur, et impotentia potest esse absoluta.

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The solution of the difficulty is to be looked for in the inquiries after still earlier notices of the lues venerea.

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He had several gonorrhœal infections, the first one at the age of fifteen; was infected with lues at a very early age.

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The men have practised the same method for the venereal lues, but find it ineffectual.

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I observed also, in the interior countries, a few instances of simple gonorrhœa, but never the confirmed lues.

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