lues
Americannoun
noun
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any venereal disease
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a pestilence
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Etymology
Origin of lues
1625–35; < New Latin, special use of Latin luēs plague, contagion
Example Sentences
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The rubigo is noticed as a lues venerea by Servius in Virg.
From The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night — Volume 10 by Burton, Richard Francis, Sir
It is only when they have taken to bragging that the lues Napoleonica has set in.
From Checkmate by Le Fanu, Joseph Sheridan
Macaulay has given to the usual complaint which distorts the vision of most biographers the name of lues Boswelliana.
From Samuel Johnson by Stephen, Leslie, Sir
Illic summa tenebrarum lues, Ubi pedor ingens redolet extremum situm.
From The Works of Samuel Johnson, Volume 05 Miscellaneous Pieces by Johnson, Samuel
Simple ulcer requires the exclusion of lues, tuberculosis, epithelioma, endothelioma, sarcoma, and actinomycosis.
From Bronchoscopy and Esophagoscopy A Manual of Peroral Endoscopy and Laryngeal Surgery by Jackson, Chevalier
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