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great imitator

great imitator noun: any of various medical conditions whose non-specific symptoms can lead to confusion with other diseases.

Noun

the great imitator (plural great imitators)

  1. Any of various medical conditions whose non-specific symptoms can lead to confusion with other diseases.
    • Syphilis is a wily infection. Its symptoms come and go and can look like a lot of other ailments, leading doctors to dub it “the great imitator.”2024 April 26, Brenda Goodman, “Doctors seeing more syphilis patients with unusual and severe symptoms, study shows”, in CNN

Synonyms of great imitator

Forms of great imitator

pluralgreat imitators

Questions about great imitator

What does great imitator mean?
Great imitator means any of various medical conditions whose non-specific symptoms can lead to confusion with other diseases.
What part of speech is great imitator?
Great imitator is a noun.
What is the plural of great imitator?
The plural of great imitator is great imitators.

Words near great imitator in the dictionary

  1. great hundreds
  2. great icosahedra
  3. great icosahedron
  4. great icosahedrons
  5. great icosihemidodecahedron
  6. great imitator
  7. great imitators
  8. Great Island
  9. great job
  10. Great Kimble
  11. great knot

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