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syphilitic

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1. syphilitic - Noun

2. syphilitic - Adjective

Meaning

Of or pertaining to syphilis; of the nature of syphilis; affected with syphilis.

A syphilitic patient.

Source: Webster's dictionary

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Out of special hatred for our faith, the devil has sent some whores here to destroy our poor young men... such a syphilitic whore can poison ten, twenty, thirty or more of the children of good people, and thus is to be considered a murderer, or worse, as a poisoner. Martin Luther

syphilitic symptoms Source: Internet

Conversely, syphilitic dementia was widespread in the developed world until largely being eradicated by the use of penicillin after WWII. Source: Internet

He also wrote that "the number of idiots, epileptics, psychopaths, criminals, prostitutes, and tramps who descend from alcoholic and syphilitic parents, and who transfer their inferiority to their offspring, is incalculable". Source: Internet

He now had salvarsan for treating syphilitic ulcers and framboesia. Source: Internet

I’d always try to come up with funny phrases or words that I thought Letterman would think funny, like “Dave, I go to this thing and they have a syphilitic druid at the door.” Source: Internet

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