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SYPHILITIC

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A person suffering from syphilis

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("syphilitic" is a kind of...):

diseased person; sick person; sufferer (a person suffering from an illness)

 II. (adjective) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Of or relating to or infected with syphilis

Example:

syphilitic symptoms

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Pertainym:

syphilis (a common venereal disease caused by the treponema pallidum spirochete; symptoms change through progressive stages; can be congenital (transmitted through the placenta))

Derivation:

syphilis (a common venereal disease caused by the treponema pallidum spirochete; symptoms change through progressive stages; can be congenital (transmitted through the placenta))

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