单词 | syphilis |
释义 | syphilis n. a contagious venereal disease progressing from infection of the genitals via the skin and mucous membrane to the bones, muscles, and brain. Derivatives syphilitic adj. syphilize v.tr. (also -ise). syphiloid adj. Etymology: mod.L f. title (Syphilis, sive Morbus Gallicus) of a Latin poem (1530), f. Syphilus, a character in it, the supposed first sufferer from the disease |
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