syphilitic
[ sif-uh-lit-ik ]
adjective
pertaining to, noting, or affected with syphilis.
noun
a person affected with syphilis.
Origin of syphilitic
1Other words from syphilitic
- syph·i·lit·i·cal·ly, adverb
- an·ti·syph·i·lit·ic, adjective, noun
- post·syph·i·lit·ic, adjective
- pseu·do·syph·i·lit·ic, adjective
Words Nearby syphilitic
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How to use syphilitic in a sentence
He left as his legacy a syphilitic wife and a cigar smoke-filled mansion at 73rd Street and Riverside Drive.
What the Richest Men in the World Don't Know | Barbara Goldsmith | January 23, 2009 | THE DAILY BEASTIn syphilitic affections of the spinal cord, if the inflammation is acute death ensues in a few days or weeks.
Essays In Pastoral Medicine | Austin MalleyUsed in severe gouty, rheumatic, neuralgic, and syphilitic pains.
How would you distinguish epithelioma from syphilitic ulceration, wart, and lupus vulgaris?
Essentials of Diseases of the Skin | Henry Weightman StelwagonMy medical woman student said that it was glaringly obvious that the baby was syphilitic.
Radiant Motherhood | Marie Carmichael Stopes
The Louecine Hospital is for the reception of all females suffering with syphilitic diseases.
Paris: With Pen and Pencil | David W. Bartlett
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