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Neapolitan disease

Neapolitan disease noun: syphilis.

Noun

Neapolitan disease (uncountable)

  1. (dated, euphemistic) syphilis

Questions about Neapolitan disease

What does Neapolitan disease mean?
Neapolitan disease means syphilis.
What part of speech is Neapolitan disease?
Neapolitan disease is a noun.

Words near Neapolitan disease in the dictionary

  1. Neapoli
  2. Neapolis
  3. neapolitan
  4. Neapolitan chord
  5. Neapolitan chords
  6. Neapolitan disease
  7. Neapolitan Mastiff
  8. Neapolitan wafer
  9. Neapolitan wafers
  10. Neapolitanness
  11. Neapolitans

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