lues

Syphilis.

A plague or pestilence: used with adjectives to designate various specific or contagious affections.

Disease, especially of a contagious kind.

syphilis; — called also Lues venerea.

syphilis; — called also simply lues.

A plague or disease, especially syphilis.

a common venereal disease caused by the treponema pallidum spirochete; symptoms change through progressive stages; can be congenital (transmitted through the placenta)