luetic
Americanadjective
Other Word Forms
- luetically adverb
Etymology
Origin of luetic
Example Sentences
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In a series observed by Fournier, 28 per centum of the cases caused by paternal infections died and 37 per centum showed the luetic taint; in the cases caused by maternal infection 60 per centum died, and 84 per centum had syphilitic lesions; in the mixed heredity, that is when both the father and mother were luetic, 68.5 per centum died and 92 per centum were born syphilitic.
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The French physicians sometimes said satirically that overwork of the heart much more than of the head or the hands laid the foundation on which aneurysm developed, for it occurs oftenest on a luetic basis.
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The inherited paralysis on a luetic basis is accepted there as a tragic element of human fate.
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Luetic and tuberculous ulceration of the esophagus are to be eliminated by suitable tests, supplemented in rare instances by biopsy.
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Luetic cicatricial stenosis may require repeated dilatation, or even bronchial intubation.
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