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syphilis


  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Syphilis  \Syph"i*lis\,  n.  [NL.,  fr  Syphilus,  the  name  of  a 
  shepherd  in  the  Latin  poem  of  Fracastoro  ``Syphilus,  sive 
  Morbus  Gallicus,''  which  was  published  in  1530;  Gr  ?  hog, 
  swine  +  ?  dear,  loving.  The  term  was  introduced  into  nosology 
  by  Sauvages.]  (Med.) 
  The  pox,  or  venereal  disease;  a  chronic,  specific,  infectious 
  disease,  usually  communicated  by  sexual  intercourse  or  by 
  hereditary  transmission,  and  occurring  in  three  stages  known 
  as  primary,  secondary,  and  tertiary  syphilis.  See  under 
  {Primary},  {Secondary},  and  {Tertiary}. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  syphilis 
  n  :  a  common  venereal  disease  caused  by  the  Treponema  pallidum 
  spirochete;  symptoms  change  through  progressive  stages; 
  can  be  congenital  (transmitted  through  the  placenta) 
  [syn:  {syph},  {pox}] 




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