lues

American  

[loo-eez] / ˈlu iz /

noun

Pathology.

1. syphilis.

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lues British  

/ ˈluːiːz, luːˈɛtɪk /

noun

1. any venereal disease

2. a pestilence

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Other Word Forms

• luetic adjective
• luetically adverb

Etymology

Origin of lues

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

Example Sentences

They may be due to trauma, lues, tuberculosis, enteric fever, pneumonia, influenza, etc.

From Bronchoscopy and Esophagoscopy A Manual of Peroral Endoscopy and Laryngeal Surgery by Jackson, Chevalier

Tuberculosis, lues, scarlet fever, diphtheria, enteric fever and pyogenic conditions may produce ulceration followed by cicatrices of the esophagus.

From Bronchoscopy and Esophagoscopy A Manual of Peroral Endoscopy and Laryngeal Surgery by Jackson, Chevalier

In nos orta lues: nullum est sine funere funus; Nec perimit mors una semel.

From The Life of the Truly Eminent and Learned Hugo Grotius Containing a Copious and Circumstantial History of the Several Important and Honourable Negotiations in Which He Was Employed; together with a Critical Account of His Works by Burigny, Jean Lévesque de

Is not the lack thereof a felonious deformity, yea, the grimmest feature of the lues confirmata of statute heresy?

From Coleridge's Literary Remains, Volume 4. by Coleridge, Samuel Taylor

Anno Mo cccmo xvjo Magna lues animalium et hominum maxima que inundacio ymbrium fuit ex qua prouenit tanta bladi cariscia quod quarterium tritici pro xl. s’. vendebatur.

From A Chronicle of London from 1089 to 1483 Written in the Fifteenth Century, and for the First Time Printed from MSS. in the British Museum by Nicolas, Nicholas Harris, Sir