- 1. n. 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. Source: opted
- 2. n. a common venereal disease caused by the treponema pallidum spirochete; symptoms change through progressive stages; can be congenital (transmitted through the placenta) Source: wordnet
- 3. 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. Source: webster
- 4. The pox, or venereal disease; a chronic, specific, infectiousdisease, usually communicated by sexual intercourse or by hereditarytransmission, and occurring in three stages known as primary,secondary, and tertiary syphilis. See under Primary, Secondary, andTertiary.Treponema pallidum. Usu. tretable with penicillin or otherbeta-lactam antibiotics. Source: adambom
- 5. n:100 n. a common venereal disease caused by the treponema pallidum spirochete; symptoms change through progressive stages; can be congenital (transmitted through the placenta) Source: ecdict
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