syphilis

Noun

Meaning

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.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

venereal dose scabies herpes clap gonorrhea chlamydia pox gonorrhoea crabs syphilitic lues neurosyphilis syphon sexually transmitted disease
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Hypernyms

disease dose sexually transmitted disease social disease Cupid's itch

Hyponyms

neurosyphilis secondary syphilis primary syphilis

Phrases with the word

sympathy is between shit and syphilis acquired syphilis mercurio-syphilis neuro-syphilis constitutional syphilis

Examples

It is unthinkable for a Frenchman to arrive at middle age without having syphilis and the Cross of the Legion of Honor. André Gide

Comforts and syphilis are the greatest enemies of mankind. Alexis Carrel

Heart disease syphilis pregnancy. Kathy Acker

"Virginia?” he said, as if I had asked him if there was anywhere local we could get a dose of syphilis. Bill Bryson

...Daudet differs from the hate-filled Baudelaire and Maupassant in being gentle to fellow-sufferers from the disease of life. Syphilis in him did not engender misanthropy. Anthony Burgess

It's not worse than syphilis. Finnish Proverb

Close letter words and terms

syphilid syphilide syphiliphobia syphilisation syphilise syphilitic