lues
- noun
- /luːiz/
- Archaic
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lues
- Cases of congenital lues were unfortunately common before the advent of antibiotics.
Examples
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The physician diagnosed the patient with lues after a series of laboratory tests.
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Many 19th-century writers referred to syphilis as lues in their medical texts.
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The doctor diagnosed him with lues.
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In the past, lues was often misunderstood.
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Many 19th-century writers referred to syphilis as lues in their medical texts.
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Cases of congenital lues were unfortunately common before the advent of antibiotics.
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The physician diagnosed the patient with lues after a series of laboratory tests.
Synonyms
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An infection you can catch by sex, caused by bacteria, that can harm you and your baby if not treated
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An infection you can catch during sex that can cause serious health problems
A sexually transmitted infection caused by bacteria that can damage many body parts and pass from mother to baby
An old name for syphilis, an infection spread by sex
An old name for syphilis, a disease you get by sex
An infection caught during sex, especially syphilis
Compounds
- Archaic
A sexually transmitted infection caused by bacteria that can damage many body parts and pass from mother to baby
Surface Forms
Etymology
Lues comes from the Latin word lues, which meant 'plague' or 'pestilence', and people used it for terrible infectious diseases. That's why lues was used for syphilis, a disease that once caused great harm before modern medicine.