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syphilitic en · ADJ

Meanings

1. (not-comparable) Of, relating to, or infected with syphilis.
   • One can try hunting syphilitic treponemes directly by having skin irregularities […] biopsied and subjected to a silver-staining test. 1988 April 16, Mike Smith, “AIDS and Syphilis”, in Gay Community News, page 5:

Deriveds

antisyphilitic · parasyphilitic · syphilitically · nonsyphilitic · neurosyphilitic · metasyphilitic

Synonyms

luetic

Translations (17)

gl sifilítico (relating to syphilis) · it sifilitico (relating to syphilis) · fi kuppatautinen (relating to syphilis) · ca sifilític (relating to syphilis) · eo sifilisa (relating to syphilis) · es sifilítico (relating to syphilis) · el συφιλιδικός (relating to syphilis) · fr syphilitique (relating to syphilis) · de syphilitisch (relating to syphilis) · nl syfilitisch (relating to syphilis) · pt sifilítico (relating to syphilis) · da syfilitisk (relating to syphilis) · de syphiliskrank (relating to syphilis) · nl luetisch (relating to syphilis) · vo süfilidik (relating to syphilis) · cs syfilitický (relating to syphilis) · ro sifilitic (relating to syphilis)

syphilitic en · NOUN

Meanings

1. (dated) A person with syphilis.
   • It was a syphilitic who lived alone in the shanty between the hole and the railroad yard, coming up to the street only to beg money for food and disinfectant with which to soak his rags. 1952, Ralph Ellison, Invisible Man, Penguin Books (2014), page 337:

Forms

Synonyms

luetic

Translations (3)

cs syfilitik (someone who is infected with syphilis) · da syfilitiker (someone who is infected with syphilis) · eo sifilisulo (someone who is infected with syphilis)