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Definitions for Syphilis

[1] a chronic infectious disease, caused by a spirochete, Treponema pallidum, usually venereal in origin but often congenital, and affecting almost any organ or tissue in the body, especially the genitals, skin, mucous membranes, aorta, brain, liver, bones, and nerves.
[2] a venereal disease caused by infection with the microorganism Treponema pallidum: characterized by an ulcerating chancre, usually on the genitals and progressing through the lymphatic system to nearly all tissues of the body, producing serious clinical manifestations

Words related to Syphilis

AIDS, gonorrhea, herpes, pox, clap, HIV, STD, VD, chancroid, chlamydia, crabs, scabies

Words nearby Syphilis

syntype, syon house, syph, sypher, syphilid, syphilis, syphilitic, syphilitic abscess, syphilitic aneurysm, syphilitic leukoderma, syphilitic roseola

Origin of Syphilis

< New Latin, coined by Giovanni Fracastoro (1478–1553), Italian physician and poet, in his 1530 Latin poem Syphilis, sive morbus Gallicus (“Syphilis, or the French Disease”), an early account of syphilis

Word origin for Syphilis

C18: from New Latin Syphilis (sive Morbus Gallicus ) ``Syphilis (or the French disease)'', title of a poem (1530) by G. Fracastoro, Italian physician and poet, in which a shepherd Syphilus is portrayed as the first victim of the disease

Synonyms for Syphilis

AIDS, acquired immune deficiency syndrome, gonorrhea, herpes, venereal disease, HIV, SIDA, STD, VD, chancroid, chlamydia, clap, crab louse, crabs, genital herpes, genital warts, herpes simplex, scabies, social disease, tabes dorsalis