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noun
Synonym of syphilis.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: archaic, uncountable
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Synonyms: syphilis
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: lues, disease, condition
noun
a common venereal disease caused by the treponema pallidum spirochete; symptoms change through progressive stages; can be congenital (transmitted through the placenta)
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: syphilis, syph, pox, lues
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: venereal disease, VD, venereal infection, social disease, Cupid's itch, Cupid's disease, Venus's curse, dose, sexually transmitted disease, STD
Narrower terms: primary syphilis, secondary syphilis, tertiary syphilis, neurosyphilis
History
Learned borrowing from Latin lues venerea.
