syphilitic

American  

[sif-uh-lit-ik] / ˌsɪf əˈlɪt ɪk /

adjective

1. pertaining to, noting, or affected with syphilis.

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noun

1. a person affected with syphilis.

Other Word Forms

• antisyphilitic
  adjective
• postsyphilitic
  adjective
• pseudosyphilitic
  adjective
• syphilitically
  adverb

Etymology

Origin of syphilitic

First recorded in 1780–90; from New Latin syphiliticus, from syphili(s) syphilis + -ticus -tic

Example Sentences

Syphilitic holes in your face, or what passed for a cosmetic skin graft in 1900?

From The Verge • Aug. 11, 2014

Syphilitic Hyperostosis and Sclerosis of Tibia 464 132.

From Manual of Surgery Volume First: General Surgery. Sixth Edition. by Thomson, Alexis

Epiphysitis or Syphilitic Perichondritis.—The first of these terms is misleading, because the lesion involves the ossifying junction and the shaft of the bone, and the epiphysis only indirectly.

From Manual of Surgery Volume First: General Surgery. Sixth Edition. by Thomson, Alexis

Syphilitic Ulceration in region of Knee and on both Thumbs of woman æt. 37.

From Manual of Surgery Volume First: General Surgery. Sixth Edition. by Thomson, Alexis

Healthy Children of Syphilitic Mothers.—If the mother of a syphilitic child has the disease, is it equally true that a syphilitic mother can never bear a healthy child?

From The Third Great Plague A Discussion of Syphilis for Everyday People by Stokes, John H. (John Hinchman)