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English noun: syphilis | |||
| 1. | syphilis (state) a common venereal disease caused by the treponema pallidum spirochete; symptoms change through progressive stages; can be congenital (transmitted through the placenta) | ||
| Synonyms | lues, lues venerea, pox, syph | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | Cupid's disease, Cupid's itch, dose, sexually transmitted disease, social disease, STD, VD, venereal disease, venereal infection, Venus's curse | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | neurosyphilis, primary syphilis, secondary syphilis, tertiary syphilis | ||
| Part holonym | chancre | ||
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