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syphilology

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/ ˌsɪfɪˈlɒlədʒɪ /

noun

  1. the branch of medicine concerned with the study and treatment of syphilis

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Syphilol′ogist, one versed in syphilology; Syphilol′ogy, the knowledge of syphilis; Syphilō′ma, a syphilitic tumour; Syphilophō′bia, a morbid dread of contracting syphilis.

From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 4 of 4: S-Z and supplements) by Various

SEE     Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minn.   Modern clinical syphilology.

From U.S. Copyright Renewals, 1961 July - December by Library of Congress. Copyright Office

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