Definition of SYPHILIS. Meaning of SYPHILIS. Synonyms of SYPHILIS

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Definition of SYPHILIS

Syphilis
Syphilis Syph"i*lis, n. [NL., fr. Syphilus, the name of a shepherd in the Latin poem of Fracastoro, ``Syphilus, sive Morbus Gallicus,' which was published in 1530; Gr. ? hog, swine + ? dear, loving. The term was introduced into nosology by Sauvages.] (Med.) The pox, or venereal disease; a chronic, specific, infectious disease, usually communicated by sexual intercourse or by hereditary transmission, and occurring in three stages known as primary, secondary, and tertiary syphilis. See under Primary, Secondary, and Tertiary.

Meaning of SYPHILIS from wikipedia

- Syphilis (/ˈsɪfəlɪs/) is a ****ually transmitted infection caused by the bacterium Treponema pallidum subspecies pallidum. The signs and symptoms depend...
- Tuskegee Study of Untreated Syphilis in the Negro Male (informally referred to as the Tuskegee Experiment or Tuskegee Syphilis Study) was a study conducted...
- The first recorded outbreak of syphilis in Europe occurred in 1494/1495 in Naples, Italy, during a French invasion. Because it was spread geographically...
- Congenital syphilis is syphilis that occurs when a mother with untreated syphilis p****es the infection to her baby during pregnancy or at birth. It may...
- can cause infertility. Bacterial STIs include chlamydia, gonorrhea, and syphilis. Viral STIs include genital warts, genital herpes, and HIV/AIDS. Parasitic...
- pallidum, the bacterium that causes the ****ually transmitted infection syphilis. In the era of modern antibiotics, the majority of neurosyphilis cases...
- diagnosed with or strongly suspected as having had syphilis at some time. Many people who acquired syphilis were treated and recovered; some died from it....
- The Guatemala syphilis experiments were United States-led human experiments conducted in Guatemala from 1946 to 1948. The experiments were led by physician...
- Meningeal syphilis (as known as syphilitic aseptic meningitis or meningeal neurosyphilis) is a chronic form of syphilis infection that affects the central...
- indicate an infection by syphilis or related non-venereal treponematoses. It is one of several nontreponemal tests for syphilis (along with the W****ermann...