The Collaborative International Dictionary
Lues venerea
Lues \Lu"es\, n. [L.] (Med.)
Disease, especially of a contagious kind. [archaic]
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syphilis; -- called also Lues venerea.
Lues venerea, syphilis; -- called also simply lues.
Wiktionary
lues venerea
n. (context archaic English) syphilis