Lues (Noun)

Meaning

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

Classification

Nouns denoting natural processes.

Examples

• The patient was diagnosed with lues after experiencing a painless chancre on the genitals.
• Untreated lues can lead to serious complications, including damage to the heart, brain, and nervous system.
• Lues is usually transmitted through direct contact with an infected person's mucous membranes or open sores.
• The disease can also be transmitted from mother to child during pregnancy, resulting in congenital lues.
• If left untreated, lues can progress through several stages, including primary, secondary, latent, and tertiary.

Synonyms

• Lues Venerea
• Syph
• Pox
• Syphilis

Hypernyms

• Sexually Transmitted Disease
• Venereal Disease
• Social Disease
• Dose
• VD
• Venus's Curse
• STD
• Cupid's Disease
• Venereal Infection

Hyponyms

• Primary Syphilis
• Tertiary Syphilis
• Neurosyphilis
• Secondary Syphilis