Syphilis

Noun

 * 1)  A disease spread via sexual activity, caused by the bacterium Treponema pallidum.

Synonyms

 * great-pox

Verbs for Syphilis
afflict with—; campaign against—; contract—; control—; cure—; diagnose as—; eradicate—; expose—; fear—; indicate—; inflict with—; recognize—; relieve—; reveal—; stamp out—; suspect—; test for—; treat—; —attacks; —cripples; —destroys; —devastates; —menaces; —ravages; —strikes; — yields to.

Thesaurus
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

Etymology
Modern, originally the title of a poem by Girolamo Fracastoro concerning "Syphilus", the supposed first sufferer of the disease.

Translations

 * Arabic: زهري, مرض فرنجي, الافرنجي
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: 梅毒
 * Czech: ,
 * Finnish: ,
 * Greek: σύφιλη
 * Icelandic:
 * Italian: ,


 * Japanese: 梅毒, ジフィリス
 * Korean:
 * Malay: penyakit raja singa
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian:, ,
 * Spanish: sífilis
 * Turkish: frengi, sifiliz

Derived terms

 * syphilitic
 * syphilize
 * syphiloid

Noun

 * 1)  syphilis, a sexually transmitted disease