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Definition of 'lues'English
Noun
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(dated|medicine) A plague or disease, especially syphilis.
* 1819 , (Lord Byron), Don Juan , I:
- And which in ravage the more loathsome evil is— / Their real lues , or our pseudo-syphilis?
* 1983 , (Lawrence Durrell), Sebastian'', Faber & Faber 2004 (''Avignon Quintet ), p. 1031:
- There seemed to be no history of lues or any other family illness in the background.
Derived terms
* luetic
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