'Syphilis' definitions:
Definition of 'syphilis'
(from WordNet)
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 venerea, lues]
Definition of 'Syphilis'
From: GCIDE
- 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. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'syphilis'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- acquired syphilis,
- balanitis gangrenosa,
- cerebral tabes,
- chancre,
- chancroid,
- clap,
- claps,
- climatic bubo,
- congenital syphilis,
- constitutional syphilis,
- dose,
- dose of clap,
- fifth venereal disease,
- French disease,
- general paresis,
- gonorrhea,
- granuloma inguinale,
- granuloma venereum,
- great pox,
- hard chancre,
- latent syphilis,
- locomotor ataxia,
- morbus Gallicus,
- paralytic dementia,
- paresis,
- pox,
- pudendal ulcer,
- simple chancre,
- social disease,
- soft chancre,
- Spanish pox,
- syph,
- syphilitic meningoencephalitis,
- tabes,
- tabes dorsales,
- tertiary syphilis,
- tropical bubo,
- VD,
- venereal disease