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| syph·i·lis [ síffəliss ] |
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sexually transmitted disease: a serious sexually transmitted disease caused by the spirally twisted bacterium Treponema pallidum that affects many body organs and parts, including the genitals, brain, skin, and nervous tissue
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| [Early 18th century. < modern Latin, after the person allegedly first affected (according to Girolamo Fracastoro (1483-1553), Veronese physician)] |
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  syph·i·loid adjective |
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