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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024syph•i•lit•ic (sif′ə lit′ik),USA pronunciation adj. - Pathologypertaining to, noting, or affected with syphilis.
n. - Pathologya person affected with syphilis.
- Neo-Latin syphiliticus, equivalent. to syphili(s) syphilis + -ticus -tic
- 1780–90
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
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