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syphilis
[ sif-uh-lis ]
noun
Pathology.
- a chronic infectious disease, caused by a spirochete, Treponema pallidum, usually venereal in origin but often congenital, and affecting almost any organ or tissue in the body, especially the genitals, skin, mucous membranes, aorta, brain, liver, bones, and nerves.
syphilis
/ 藞s瑟f瑟l瑟s; 藢s瑟f瑟藞l瑟t瑟k /
noun
- a venereal disease caused by infection with the microorganism Treponema pallidum: characterized by an ulcerating chancre, usually on the genitals and progressing through the lymphatic system to nearly all tissues of the body, producing serious clinical manifestations
syphilis
- A sexually transmitted disease caused by the spirochete Treponema pallidum that is characterized in its primary stage by genital sores. If untreated, skin ulcers develop in the next stage, called secondary syphilis. As the disease progresses to potentially fatal tertiary syphilis, neurologic involvement with weakness and skeletal or cardiovascular damage can occur.
syphilis
- A sexually transmitted disease caused by a microorganism . In its initial stages (called primary syphilis), it is manifested by a skin ulcer called a chancre. If the disease is not treated by penicillin or other antibiotics , the infection becomes chronic. In so-called tertiary syphilis, virtually any tissue in the body can be damaged, including the cardiovascular and nervous systems . The disease, if left untreated, can cause blindness, mental illness, and death.
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Derived Forms
- syphilitic, adjective
- 藢蝉测辫丑颈藞濒颈迟颈肠补濒濒测, adverb
- 藞蝉测辫丑颈藢濒辞颈诲, adjective
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins
Origin of syphilis1
< New Latin, coined by Giovanni Fracastoro (1478鈥1553), Italian physician and poet, in his 1530 Latin poem Syphilis, sive morbus Gallicus (鈥淪yphilis, or the French Disease鈥), an early account of syphilis
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins
Origin of syphilis1
C18: from New Latin Syphilis ( sive Morbus Gallicus ) ``Syphilis (or the French disease)'', title of a poem (1530) by G. Fracastoro, Italian physician and poet, in which a shepherd Syphilus is portrayed as the first victim of the disease
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And syphilis is far from the only sign of a terribly sick health care system.
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Congenital syphilis, in which syphilis is transmitted to an infant, can lead to miscarriages, stillbirth or disabilities.
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"It tends to be a silent infection, but it can develop into neuro syphilis and cause cardiac problems."
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Schiele was 14 when his father died of syphilis, not long after a suicide attempt.
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Eight years earlier, the Texas Medical Board found that he had failed to diagnose appendicitis in one patient and syphilis in another.
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