syphilis
Some 10 per cent of patients with late, untreated syphilis will go on to develop syphilitic complications involving the heart and major blood-vessels.
The likelihood of a syphilitic mother passing the infection on when she is pregnant diminishes the longer she has had the disease.
His father was syphilitic, blind and later went mad.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases Diseases of the reproductive system
abruption
adenomyosis
anovulatory
anti-herpes
bacterial vaginosis
candida
endometriosis
erectile dysfunction
fibroid
French disease
herpes
impotent
sexually transmitted disease
STI
syphilis
thrush
undescended
vaginal agenesis
vaginosis
venereological
syphilitic
noun
uk /ˌsɪf.ɪˈlɪt.ɪk/ us /ˌsɪf.əˈlɪt̬.ɪk/
someone who has syphilis: 梅毒患者
the wife of a syphiltic一名梅毒患者的妻子
Seesyphilis
Theodore thought of his future as a syphilitic.
These stigmata are not invariable and many congenital syphilitics bear only positive blood tests as evidence of their congenital disease.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Diseases of the reproductive system
abruption
adenomyosis
anovulatory
anti-herpes
bacterial vaginosis
candida
endometriosis
erectile dysfunction
fibroid
French disease
herpes
impotent
sexually transmitted disease
STI
syphilis
thrush
undescended
vaginal agenesis
vaginosis
venereological