English-Thai Dictionary

syphilis

N โรค ซิฟิลิส  rok-si-fi-lik

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

SYPHILIS

[See Siphilis. ]

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

SYPHILIS

Syph "i *lis, n. Etym: [NL. , fr. Syphilus, the name of a shepherd in the Latin poem of Fracastoro, "Syphilus, sive Morbus Gallicus," which was published in 153 ; Gr. (Med. )

 

Defn: The pox, or venereal disease; a chronic, specific, infectious disease, usually communicated by sexual intercourse or by hereditary transmission, and occurring in three stages known as primary, secondary, and tertiary syphilis. See under Primary, Secondary, and Tertiary. Treponema pallidum. Usu. tretable with penicillin or other beta-lactam antibiotics.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

syphilis

syph i lis |ˈsifəlis ˈsɪf (ə )lɪs | ▶noun a chronic bacterial disease that is contracted chiefly by infection during sexual intercourse, but also congenitally by infection of a developing fetus. [This is caused by the spirochete Treponema pallidum. The infection progresses in four successive stages: primary syphilis, characterized by a chancre in the part infected; secondary syphilis, affecting chiefly the skin, lymph nodes, and mucous membranes; tertiary syphilis, involving the spread of tumorlike lesions (gummas ) throughout the body, frequently damaging the cardiovascular and central nervous systems; quaternary syphilis neurosyphilis. ] DERIVATIVES syph i lit ic |ˌsifəˈlitik |adjective & noun ORIGIN early 18th cent.: modern Latin, from Syphilis, sive Morbus Gallicus, the title of a Latin poem (1530 ), from the name of the character Syphilus, the supposed first sufferer of the disease.

 

Oxford Dictionary

syphilis

syph |ilis |ˈsɪfɪlɪs | ▶noun [ mass noun ] a chronic bacterial disease that is contracted chiefly by infection during sexual intercourse, but also congenitally by infection of a developing fetus. ●This is caused by the spirochaete Treponema pallidum. The infection progresses in four successive stages: primary syphilis, characterized by a chancre in the part infected; secondary syphilis, affecting chiefly the skin, lymph nodes, and mucous membranes; tertiary syphilis, involving the spread of tumour-like lesions (gummas ) throughout the body, frequently damaging the cardiovascular and central nervous systems; quaternary syphilis neurosyphilis. DERIVATIVES syphilitic |-ˈlɪtɪk |adjective & noun ORIGIN early 18th cent.: modern Latin, from Syphilis, sive Morbus Gallicus, the title of a Latin poem (1530 ), from the name of the character Syphilus, the supposed first sufferer of the disease.

 

Duden Dictionary

Syphilis

Sy phi lis Substantiv, feminin , die |S y philis |die Syphilis; Genitiv: der Syphilis nach dem Titel eines lateinischen Lehrgedichts des 16. Jahrhunderts, in dem die Geschichte eines geschlechtskranken Hirten namens Syphilus erzählt wird chronisch verlaufende Geschlechtskrankheit, die mit Schädigungen der Haut, der inneren Organe, Knochen, des Gehirns und Rückenmarks einhergeht Kurzform: Syph

 

syphiliskrank

sy phi lis krank Adjektiv |s y philiskrank |

 

French Dictionary

syphilis

syphilis n. f. nom féminin Maladie transmise sexuellement. Prononciation Le s final se prononce, [sifilis ]; le nom rime avec lis Note Orthographique s y ph i l i s.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

syphilis

syph i lis /sɪ́f (ə )lɪs /名詞 U 〘医 〙梅毒 .