lues venerea

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noun

a common venereal disease caused by the treponema pallidum spirochete;
symptoms change through progressive stages;
can be congenital (transmitted through the placenta)
• Syn:
syphilis, syph, pox, lues
• Derivationally related forms:
syphilitic (for: syphilis)
• Hypernyms:
venereal disease, VD, venereal infection, social disease, Cupid's itch,
Cupid's disease, Venus's curse, dose, sexually transmitted disease, STD
• Hyponyms:
primary syphilis, secondary syphilis, tertiary syphilis, neurosyphilis
• Part Meronyms:
chancre