Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary - syphilis
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Syphilis
syphilis
noun Etymology: New Latin, from Syphilus, hero of the poem Syphilis sive Morbus Gallicus (Syphilis or the French disease) (1530) by Girolamo Fracastoro died 1553 Italian poet and physician Date: 1718 a chronic contagious usually venereal and often congenital disease caused by a spirochete (Treponema pallidum) and if left untreated producing chancres, rashes, and systemic lesions in a clinical course with three stages continued over many years — compare primary ~, secondary ~, tertiary ~ • syphilitic adjective or noun
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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 ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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Syphilis is a serious disease which is passed on through sexual intercourse. N-UNCOUNT ...Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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~ n a very serious disease, passed on during sexual activity or from parent to child ...Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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- 1718, Mod.L., originally from the title of a poem, "Syphilis, sive Morbus Gallicus" "Syphilis, or the French Disease," 1530, by Veronese doctor Girolamo Fracastoro (1483-1553), which tells the tale of the shepherd Syphilus, supposed to be the first sufferer from the disease. Fracastoro first used the word as a generic term for the disease in 1546 treatise "De Contagione." Why he chose the name is unknown; it may be intended as L. for "Pig-lover." ...Английский Этимологический словарь
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