The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.
syphilitic — Relating to, caused by, or suffering from syphilis. SYN: luetic. * * * syph·i·lit·ic .sif ə lit ik adj of, relating to, or infected with syphilis syph·i·lit·i·cal·ly i k(ə )lē adv syphilitic n an individual infected with syphilis … Medical dictionary
syphilitic — syphilis ► NOUN ▪ a sexually transmitted disease, spread by bacteria and progressing if untreated from infection of the genitals to the bones, muscles, and brain. DERIVATIVES syphilitic adjective & noun. ORIGIN Latin, from Syphilus, the subject… … English terms dictionary
syphilitic — I noun a person suffering from syphilis • Hypernyms: ↑sick person, ↑diseased person, ↑sufferer II adjective of or relating to or infected with syphilis syphilitic symptoms … Useful english dictionary
syphilitic hallucinosis — The term syphilitic hallucinosis is used to denote a hallucinatory state attributable to syphilis. The medical Latin name syphilis comes from the Latin sus (swine), and the Greek philos (friend of). It was introduced in a medical didactic poem … Dictionary of Hallucinations
Syphilitic aortitis — A pathological state of the aorta associated with the tertiary stage of syphilis infection. SA begins as inflammation of the adventia, including the vessels that supply the aorta itself with blood, the vasa vasorum. As it worsens, the vasa… … Wikipedia
syphilitic endocarditis — endocarditis resulting from extension of syphilitic infection from the aorta … Medical dictionary
syphilitic laryngitis — a chronic form due to syphilitic involvement of the larynx … Medical dictionary
syphilitic node — a swelling on a bone due to syphilitic periostitis … Medical dictionary
syphilitic retinitis — retinitis syphilitica retinitis complicating syphilitic iritis … Medical dictionary
syphilitic — adjective or noun see syphilis … New Collegiate Dictionary
