'Lues' definitions:
Definition of 'lues'
From: WordNet
noun
A common venereal disease caused by the treponema pallidum spirochete; symptoms change through progressive stages; can be congenital (transmitted through the placenta) [syn: syphilis, syph, pox, lues venerea, lues]
Definition of 'Lues'
From: 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]
Definition of 'lues'
From: 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]