[医] 梅毒

[ noun ]
a common venereal disease caused by the treponema pallidum spirochete; symptoms change through progressive stages; can be congenital (transmitted through the placenta)
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Lues \Lu"es\, n. [L.] (Med.)
1. Disease, especially of a contagious kind. [archaic]

2. syphilis; -- called also {Lues venerea}.
[1913 Webster +PJC]

{Lues venerea}, syphilis; -- called also simply {lues}.

Lues \Lu"es\, n. [L.] (Med.)
1. Disease, especially of a contagious kind. [archaic]

2. syphilis; -- called also {Lues venerea}.
[1913 Webster +PJC]

{Lues venerea}, syphilis; -- called also simply {lues}.