‖ lues Med.
(ˈl(j)uːiːz)
[L. luēs plague.]
A plague or pestilence; a spreading disease, esp. syphilis (Lues venerea); also, a contagious disease amongst cattle.
| 1634 Sir T. Herbert Trav. 86 [The bath] is preualent too against the lues venerea. 1721 Bailey, Lues, a Pestilence or Plague; also a Murrain in Cattle. 1803 Med. Jrnl. IX. 573 The reason why blennorrhagy so seldom produces lues, is [etc.]. 1880 Barwell Aneurism 96 Many syphilitic persons have atheromatous arteries; but..a great number who have suffered from the lues have also had acute rheumatism. |
Hence luetic (l(j)uːˈɛtɪk) a. [badly formed, after herpetic, etc.], of or belonging to lues.
| 1899 Allbutt's Syst. Med. VII. 688 In contradistinction to atheroma, luetic endarteritis is limited to single arteries. |