syphilis

Εννοια (Αγγλικός)

A disease spread via sexual activity, caused by the bacterium Treponema pallidum.

Έννοιες

σύφιλη

συφιλη

Συνώνυμα

pox

lues

syph

lues venerea

chancre

venereal

venereal disease

disease of the Franks

lymphogranuloma

veneral disease

gonorrhea

sexually transmitted disease

smallpox

Μεταφράσεις

syphilis

Syphilis

sifilide

sífilis

sífilis

lue

agire

syfilis

frengi

sífilis

vérole

زهري

syphilis

Προφέρεται ως (IPA)

/ˈsɪfɪlɪs/

Ετυμολογία (Αγγλικός)

From New Latin syphilis, originally the title of a poem by Girolamo Fracastoro concerning “Syphilus”, a shepherd boy who insulted the Greek god Apollo and was punished by that god with a horrible disease.