Associations to the word «Syphilis»

Wiktionary

SYPHILIS, noun. (disease) A disease spread via sexual activity, caused by the bacterium Treponema pallidum.

Dictionary definition

SYPHILIS, noun. A common venereal disease caused by the treponema pallidum spirochete; symptoms change through progressive stages; can be congenital (transmitted through the placenta).

Wise words

Wisdom does not show itself so much in precept as in life - in firmness of mind and a mastery of appetite. It teaches us to do, as well as talk, and to make our words and actions all of a color.
Lucius Annaeus Seneca