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lues
[ loo-eez ]
lues
/ ˈluːiːz; luːˈɛtɪk /
noun
- any venereal disease
- a pestilence
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Derived Forms
- luetic, adjective
- luˈetically, adverb
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Word History and Origins
Origin of lues1
1625–35; < New Latin, special use of Latin luēs plague, contagion
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Word History and Origins
Origin of lues1
C17: from New Latin, from Latin: calamity
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Example Sentences
Lues testiculorum destrui potest substantiam testiculorum nisi morbus mature sanetur, et impotentia potest esse absoluta.
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The solution of the difficulty is to be looked for in the inquiries after still earlier notices of the lues venerea.
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He had several gonorrhœal infections, the first one at the age of fifteen; was infected with lues at a very early age.
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The men have practised the same method for the venereal lues, but find it ineffectual.
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I observed also, in the interior countries, a few instances of simple gonorrhœa, but never the confirmed lues.
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