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syphilis
This term refers to a specific medical condition and carries a heavy clinical and historical weight. In modern usage, it is primarily used in medical contexts to describe the infection and its stages, though it often evokes a social stigma due to its transmission method.
As a medical name for a disease, the word is an uncountable noun. It does not have a plural form because it describes a singular pathological state rather than a countable object. One does not refer to multiple instances of the disease as syphilises; instead, phrases like cases of syphilis are used to denote frequency or occurrence.
Meanings
Examples
The patient was diagnosed with primary syphilis after a physical examination.
Penicillin is the standard treatment for syphilis.
Penicillin is the standard treatment for syphilis.
I wonder if the symptoms are actually syphilis or something else.
Syphilis was once a devastating epidemic in Europe.
Syphilis was once a devastating epidemic in Europe.
You need to get tested for syphilis and other STIs.
Untreated syphilis can lead to severe neurological damage.
The doctor explained that congenital syphilis occurs when the infection is passed from mother to child.
The doctor explained that congenital syphilis occurs when the infection is passed from mother to child.
He feared that his strange rash might be a sign of secondary syphilis.