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Entry 2 senses Webster, 1913

Lues

· Lu·es · IPA /ˈluːiːz/
01 n. Disease, especially of a contagious kind.
  1. 1.
    Disease, especially of a contagious kind.(Med.) [archaic]
  2. 2.
    syphilis; -- called also Lues venerea. Also: Lues venerea
Phrases & compounds
Lues venerea — syphilis; -- called also simply lues.