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English noun: lues

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


Synonymslues venerea, pox, syph, syphilis


Broader (hypernym)Cupid's disease, Cupid's itch, dose, sexually transmitted disease, social disease, STD, VD, venereal disease, venereal infection, Venus's curse


Narrower (hyponym)neurosyphilis, primary syphilis, secondary syphilis, tertiary syphilis


Part holonymchancre









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