lues venerea

Questions about lues venerea

What does lues venerea mean?

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

What is another word for lues venerea?

Close synonyms include syphilis, syph, pox, lues. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is lues venerea a common word?

lues venerea is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.