Syphilis

sif′i-lis, n. a markedly contagious, infective, and inoculable disease, capable of being transmitted to the offspring, propagated by direct contagion or by the transmi ion of the virus through some ve el or medium which has recently been contaminated—most commonly caused by impure sexual intercourse.— n. Syphilisā′tion .— v.t. Syph′ilise , to attempt to inoculate the system with the virus of syphilis as a preventive and curative measure.— adj. Syphilit′ic .— n. Syphilog′raphy , the description of syphilis.— adj. Syph′iloid , relating to syphilis.— ns. Syphilol′ogist , one versed in syphilology; Syphilol′ogy , the knowledge of syphilis; Syphilō′ma , a syphilitic tumour; Syphilophō′bia , a morbid dread of contracting syphilis. [The word is borrowed from the name of a figure in Fracas toro's poem, Syph i lid is Libri III .]