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siphilis

siphilis is the archaic form of syphilis.

Meaning of syphilis

Noun

syphilis (uncountable)

  1. A disease spread via sexual activity, caused by the bacterium Treponema pallidum.
    • I saw a film the other day about syphilis. Ugh! It was too awful. I couldn't let a man touch me for a week. Is it true you can get it from kissing?1972, Jay Presson Allen, Cabaret, spoken by Sally Bowles (Liza Minnelli)

Questions about siphilis

What is siphilis the archaic form of?
Siphilis is the archaic form of syphilis.

Words near siphilis in the dictionary

  1. Sipeses
  2. sipful
  3. sipfuls
  4. Sipher
  5. Siphers
  6. siphilis
  7. siphlonurid
  8. siphoid
  9. siphoids
  10. siphon
  11. siphon condenser

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