| 释义 |
‖ lues Med.|ˈl(j)uːiːz|
[L. luēs plague.]
A plague or pestilence; a spreading disease, esp. syphilis (Lues venerea); also, a contagious disease amongst cattle.
1634Sir T. Herbert Trav. 86 [The bath] is preualent too against the lues venerea. 1721Bailey, Lues, a Pestilence or Plague; also a Murrain in Cattle. 1803Med. Jrnl. IX. 573 The reason why blennorrhagy so seldom produces lues, is [etc.]. 1880Barwell Aneurism 96 Many syphilitic persons have atheromatous arteries; but..a great number who have suffered from the lues have also had acute rheumatism.
Hence luetic |l(j)uːˈɛtɪk| a. [badly formed, after herpetic, etc.], of or belonging to lues.
1899Allbutt's Syst. Med. VII. 688 In contradistinction to atheroma, luetic endarteritis is limited to single arteries. |