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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024syph•i•lis /ˈsɪfəlɪs/USA pronunciation n. [uncountable]- Pathologya venereal disease affecting almost any body organ, esp. the genitals, skin, brain, and nervous tissue.
syph•i•lit•ic /ˌsɪfəˈlɪtɪk/USA pronunciation adj. WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024syph•i•lis (sif′ə lis),USA pronunciation n. [Pathol.]- Pathologya 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, esp. the genitals, skin, mucous membranes, aorta, brain, liver, bones, and nerves. Cf. primary syphilis, secondary syphilis, tertiary syphilis.
- Neo-Latin, coined by Giovanni Fracastoro (1478–1553), Italian physician and poet, in his 1530 Latin poem Syphilis, sive morbus Gallicus ("Syphilis, or the French Disease''), an early account of syphilis
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: syphilis /ˈsɪfɪlɪs/ n - 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
Etymology: 18th Century: 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 diseasesyphilitic /ˌsɪfɪˈlɪtɪk/ adj ˈsyphiˌloid adj |