Syphilis synonyms

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syph
(Slang) Syphilis.
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pox
A disease such as chickenpox or smallpox, characterized by purulent skin eruptions that may leave pockmarks.
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lues-venerea
a common venereal disease caused by the treponema pallidum spirochete; symptoms change through progressive stages; can be congenital (transmitted through the placenta)
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lues
Syphilis.
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gonorrhoea (related)
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gonorrhea (related)
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venereal-disease (related)
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pulmonary-tuberculosis (related)
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hemorrhagic (related)
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tuberculosis (related)
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measles (related)
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superinfection (related)
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cryptococcosis (related)
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toxoplasmosis (related)
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meningoencephalitis (related)
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gastroenteritis (related)
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Find another word for syphilis. In this page you can discover 16 synonyms, antonyms, idiomatic expressions, and related words for syphilis, like: syph, pox, lues-venerea, lues, gonorrhoea, gonorrhea, venereal-disease, pulmonary-tuberculosis, hemorrhagic, tuberculosis and measles.
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Syphilis Sentence Examples

  • He's had syphilis of the central nervous system.

  • The spread of syphilis, a disease equally unknown to the ancients, and the failure of Galen's remedies to cure it, had a similar effect.

  • Nevertheless the resemblance between the biology of this organism in relation to syphilis (as regards mode of infection, habitat, &c.) and that of Trypanosoma equiperdum, the cause of dourine or " horse-syphilis," may not be without significance.

  • The school of thought at the time was to treat syphilis with a substance called guaiac.

  • Thus the liability to tubercular infection is far commoner in the midst of a depraved population than in one fulfilling the primary laws of nature; rickets is a disease of great cities rather than of rural districts; and syphilis is more disastrous and protracted in its course in the depraved in health than in the robust.

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