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syphiloid

syphiloid adjective: resembling syphilis.

Adjective

syphiloid (not comparable)

  1. Resembling syphilis.

Noun

syphiloid (plural syphiloids)

  1. Any disease resembling syphilis.

Forms of syphiloid

pluralsyphiloids

Origin of syphiloid

From syphilis + -oid.

Questions about syphiloid

What does syphiloid mean?
Syphiloid means resembling syphilis.
What part of speech is syphiloid?
Syphiloid can be an adjective or a noun.

Words near syphiloid in the dictionary

  1. syphiloderm
  2. syphiloderms
  3. syphilographer
  4. syphilographers
  5. syphilography
  6. syphiloid
  7. syphiloids
  8. syphilological
  9. syphilologist
  10. syphilologists
  11. syphilology

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