lues
nounUK /ˈluːiːz/
Etymology From Latin lues (“plague”).
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Medicine, Sciences Dated, Specifically, Usually Syphilis.
- And which in ravage the more loathsome evil is— / Their real lues, or our pseudo-syphilis?1819 July 15, [Lord Byron], Don Juan, London: […] Thomas Davison, […], →OCLC, canto I, (please specify the stanza number):
- There seemed to be no history of lues or any other family illness in the background.1983, Lawrence Durrell, Sebastian (Avignon Quintet), Faber & Faber, published 2004, page 1031:
- Derived terms
- lues cerebri, lues venerea, luetic, luetin