lue- (Latin: pestilence, infection, plague; a synonym for "syphilis").lues: LOO eez
A plague or pestilence; a spreading disease; especially, syphilis (Lues venerea). Also a contagious disease among cattle.
luetic: loo ET ik
Of or belonging to lues; syphilitic.
lues Boswelliana:
A disease of admiration; a biographer's tendency to magnify his subject.
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