Syphilis : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: Syphilis	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for Syphilis
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
syphilis n a common venereal disease caused by the treponema pallidum spirochete; symptoms change through progressive stages; can be congenital (transmitted through the placenta) Synonym(s): syphilis, syph, pox, lues venerea, lues
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Syphilis \Syph"i*lis\, n. [NL., fr. Syphilus, the name of a shepherd in the Latin poem of Fracastoro, [bd]Syphilus, sive Morbus Gallicus,[b8] 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}.