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• The Europeans brought new diseases such as smallpox, measles, dysentery, influenza, syphilis and leprosy.From the entry smallpox
• That one-night stand that some tramp gave him is a gift that keeps on giving — he's had syphilis for years now.From the entry gift that keeps on giving
• His writing about the shattering nature of syphilis is both devastating and a bit sly.2019 November 8, Dwight Garner, “From Nabokov and Lawrence, Giants of 20th-Century Fiction, New Volumes of Nonfiction”, in New York Times. From the entry rugburn
• The term is drawn from the Jarisch-Herxheimer reaction, originally identified in the context of syphilis.2019 July 22, Molly Fischer, “Maybe it’s Lyme”, in New York magazine. From the entry herxing
• Great plagues, such as the bubonic plague or smallpox or syphilis or influenza, can happen again.2006, Irwin W. Sherman, chapter 17, in The Power of Plagues, →ISBN. From the entry plague
• There is much concern about syphilis altering its course in people coinfected with HIV.1989 April 8, John Dooley, “Syphilis and AIDS: What's the Connection?”, in Gay Community News, page 9. From the entry coinfected
• I caught syphilis—lots of the girls had it—we called it Cupid's Disease.1985, Oliver Sacks, The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat and Other Clinical Tales. From the entry Cupid's Disease
• Small indurated papules covering the scalp develop into heaped-up crusts similar to those seen in secondary syphilis.1978, Cutis - Volume 22, page 334. From the entry witkop
• In the eighteenth century hemlock was used for treating cancer, syphilis, and ulcers.1961, Harry E. Wedeck, Dictionary of Aphrodisiacs, New York: The Citadel Press, page 113. From the entry hemlock
• At one point he torturedly mimics his own emotions to provide Lucy's gasps as she lies dying of syphilis.2007, Bruce Babington, A history of the New Zealand fiction feature film, page 214. From the entry torturedly
• Tuberculosis developed, as did pinta and other treponemal infections, including non-venereal syphilis, various diseases caused by intestinal parasites, and Chagas' disease.1997, Roy Porter, The Greatest Benefit to Mankind, Folio Society, published 2016, page 159. From the entry treponemal
• This, we know, is peculiar to alopecian syphilis, as well as other diseases of syphilis, also of psoriasis.1997, J. Henry Allen, Diseases and Therapeutics of the Skin, page 134. From the entry alopecian
• In Europe, when people have syphilis infection they are treated very aggressively and their medical history is flagged, McKenna said.1989 April 8, John Dooley, “Syphilis and AIDS: What's the Connection?”, in Gay Community News, page 8. From the entry retreatment
• She recommends similar treatments for primary syphilis, including aqueous penicillin, and retreatment and reevaluation for two years on a regular basis.1989 April 8, John Dooley, “Syphilis and AIDS: What's the Connection?”, in Gay Community News, page 8. From the entry retreatment
• Other threats came from organisms co-evolving with humans, including tapeworms and such spirochaetes as Treponema, the agent of syphilis, and the similar skin infection, yaws.1997, Roy Porter, The Greatest Benefit to Mankind, Folio Society, published 2016, page 16. From the entry yaws
• Catapano does not stand alone in his view that symptoms of syphilis, known as "medicine's great masquerader," are often mistaken for those of HIV infection.1989 April 8, John Dooley, “Syphilis and AIDS: What's the Connection?”, in Gay Community News, page 8. From the entry great masquerader
• The progression of syphilis to neurosyphilis usually takes 30 to 40 years, but in a "coinfected person" it can occur in six to nine months.1988 December 4, John Dooley, “CDC Releases New Recommendations For Syphilis, HIV”, in Gay Community News, volume 16, number 21, page 2. From the entry neurosyphilis
• There is only one way to understand syphilis, and that is to give it impartial, discriminating discussion as an issue which concerns the general health.1918, John H. Stokes, chapter 2, in The Third Great Plague: A Discussion of Syphilis for Everyday People, Philadelphia: W.B. Saunders…. From the entry befog
• Other names for syphilis were the "Spanish disease," with a similar story to its French counterpart, and "Cupid's disease," which really needs no explanation, as well as other descriptives.2020, John Fox Bershof, MD, The First History of Man. From the entry Cupid's Disease
• The syphilis that Catapano and other AIDS-syphilis theorists are especially concerned about may develop when repeated treponeme infections are not treated, or, more commonly, are 'mistreated with penicillin.1989 April 8, John Dooley, “Syphilis and AIDS: What's the Connection?”, in Gay Community News, page 8. From the entry mistreat
• The syphilis that Catapano and other AIDS-syphilis theorists are especially concerned about may develop when repeated treponeme infections are not treated, or, more commonly, are mistreated with penicillin.1989 April 8, John Dooley, “Syphilis and AIDS: What's the Connection?”, in Gay Community News, page 8. From the entry treponeme
• HIV-positive persons may test falsely on the standard syphilis blood tests because they may not be able to mount the "normal" immunological response required of such tests.1988 April 16, Mike Smith, “AIDS and Syphilis”, in Gay Community News, page 5. From the entry blood test
• Nobody can answer such a sweeping question as that, but we know that certain diseases, such as syphilis, break down and destroy the brain cells and result in insanity.1933, Dale Carnegie, “Part 1, Chapter 2. THE BIG SECRET OF DEALING WITH PEOPLE”, in How to Win Friends and Influence People, page 41. From the entry insane
• Probably syphilis more than any other disease may be regarded as a cause, and it may be through this agency that hereditation appears to enter so largely into causation.1904, James Tyson, A Treatise on Bright's disease and diabetes, page 362. From the entry hereditation

Meaning of syphilis

1. noun A disease spread via sexual activity, caused by the bacterium Treponema pallidum.

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How do you use syphilis in a sentence?

Syphilis is used as a noun. For example: “The Europeans brought new diseases such as smallpox, measles, dysentery, influenza, syphilis and leprosy.”

What is a short sentence with syphilis?

“I saw a film the other day about syphilis.”

What does syphilis mean?

Syphilis means a disease spread via sexual activity, caused by the bacterium Treponema pallidum.