Syphilis
21syphilis — noun Etymology: New Latin, from Syphilus, hero of the poem Syphilis sive Morbus Gallicus (Syphilis or the French disease) (1530) by Girolamo Fracastoro died 1553 Italian poet and physician Date: 1718 a chronic contagious usually venereal and… …
22syphilis — Synonyms and related words: 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 …
23syphilis — [18] Syphilus was the name of a shepherd who according to Syphilis sive morbus Gallicus (Syphilis or the French disease) 1530, a poem by the Veronese doctor Girolamo Fracastoro, was the first sufferer from syphilis. The word Syphilis in… …
24syphilis — n. a sexually transmitted disease caused by the bacterium Treponema pallidum, resulting in the formation of lesions throughout the body. Bacteria usually enter the body during sexual intercourse, through the mucous membranes of the vagina or… …
25syphilis — /ˈsɪfələs / (say sifuhluhs) noun a chronic, infectious venereal disease, caused by the microorganism Spirochaeta pallida, or Treponema pallidum (see spirochaete), transmitted sexually or sometimes from a syphilitic woman to her unborn child,… …
26syphilis — [18] Syphilus was the name of a shepherd who according to Syphilis sive morbus Gallicus (Syphilis or the French disease) 1530, a poem by the Veronese doctor Girolamo Fracastoro, was the first sufferer from syphilis. The word Syphilis in… …
27SYPHILIS — n. f. T. de Médecine Sorte de maladie vénérienne. Les symptômes de la syphilis. Syphilis héréditaire …
28syphilis — (si fi lis ) s. f. Terme de médecine. Autrefois, maladie où étaient confondues les affections vénériennes ; aujourd hui, maladie spécifique transmise par contact et par hérédité, caractérisée, à ses différentes périodes, par certains accidents… …
29syphilis — syph|i|lis [ˈsıfəlıs] n [U] [Date: 1700 1800; : Modern Latin; Origin: Syphilus, main character in the 16th century poem Syphilis sive Morbus Gallicus Syphilis or the French disease by Girolamo Fracastoro] a very serious disease that is passed… …
30Syphilis — Sy|phi|lis die; <nach dem Titelwort des lat. Lehrgedichts »Syphilis sive de morbo gallico« des 16. Jh.s, in dem die Geschichte eines an Syphilis erkrankten Hirten namens Syphilus erzählt wird> chronisch verlaufende, gefährlichste… …
