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Noun: syphilis  si-fu-lis
  1. (medicine) a sexually transmitted disease caused by the bacterium Treponema pallidum
    "Syphilis is known as 'the great imitator' due to its varied symptoms";
    - syph [informal], pox, lues venerea, lues

Derived forms: syphilises

Type of: Cupid's disease [archaic], Cupid's itch [archaic], dose [informal], sexually transmitted disease, social disease, STD, VD, venereal disease, venereal infection, Venus's curse

Encyclopedia: Syphilis, cardiovascular