Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Same as
antisyphilitic .
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective Countering
lues (syphilis). - noun Any
drug that counterslues (syphilis).
Etymologies
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anti- + luetic
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Examples
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-- Active and persistent antiluetic medication must precede and accompany any local treatment of luetic laryngeal stenosis.
Bronchoscopy and Esophagoscopy A Manual of Peroral Endoscopy and Laryngeal Surgery Chevalier Jackson 1911
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Vigorous antiluetic treatment, especially with protiodide of mercury, must precede operation in all luetic cases.
Bronchoscopy and Esophagoscopy A Manual of Peroral Endoscopy and Laryngeal Surgery Chevalier Jackson 1911
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