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...
- Neurosyphilis is the infection of the central nervous system in a patient with 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....
- unethical human experiments of syphilis, done under the au****es of the Public Health Service. He willfully spread syphilis and gonorrhea to unwitting patients...
- Bejel, or endemic syphilis, is a chronic skin and tissue disease caused by infection by the endemi**** subspecies of the spirochete Treponema pallidum....
- The Guatemala syphilis experiments were United States-led human experiments conducted in Guatemala from 1946 to 1948. The experiments were led by physician...
- Syphilis is a bacterial infection transmitted by ****ual contact and is believed to have infected 12 million people in 1999 with greater than 90% of cases...