Syphilis

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [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]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [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}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  39 Moby Thesaurus words for "syphilis":
     French disease, Spanish pox, VD, acquired syphilis,
     balanitis gangrenosa, cerebral tabes, chancre, chancroid, clap,
     claps, climatic bubo, congenital syphilis, constitutional syphilis,
     dose, dose of clap, fifth venereal 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, syph, syphilitic meningoencephalitis,
     tabes, tabes dorsales, tertiary syphilis, tropical bubo,
     venereal disease