lues
NounWordNet 3.0
Noun (1)
- a common venereal disease caused by the treponema pallidum spirochete; symptoms change through progressive stages; can be congenital (transmitted through the placenta)Synonyms: syphilissyphpoxlues venerea
Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)
Lues \Lu"es\, n. [L.] (Med.)
1.Disease, especially of a contagious kind. [archaic] [1913 Webster]
2.syphilis; -- called also Lues venerea. [1913 Webster +PJC]
Lues venerea, syphilis; -- called also simply lues. [1913 Webster]