One can try hunting syphilitic treponemes directly by having skin irregularities […] biopsied and subjected to a silver-staining test.
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Syphilitic
Synonyms for "syphilitic" (44 found)
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Closest matches (9)
Strong matches (13)
Related words (22)
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19 translations across 15 languages.
Catalan
1 entries- sifilític adj (relating to syphilis)
Czech
1 entries- syfilitický adj (relating to syphilis)
Danish
2 entries- syfilitisk adj (relating to syphilis)
- syfilitiker noun (someone who is infected with syphilis)
Dutch
2 entries- luetisch adj (relating to syphilis)
- syfilitisch adj (relating to syphilis)
Esperanto
2 entries- sifilisa adj (relating to syphilis)
- sifilisulo noun (someone who is infected with syphilis)
Finnish
1 entries- kuppatautinen adj (relating to syphilis)
French
1 entries- syphilitique adj (relating to syphilis)
Galician
1 entries- sifilítico adj (relating to syphilis)
German
2 entries- syphiliskrank adj (relating to syphilis)
- syphilitisch adj (relating to syphilis)
Greek
1 entries- συφιλιδικός adj (relating to syphilis)
Italian
1 entries- sifilitico adj (relating to syphilis)
Portuguese
1 entries- sifilítico adj (relating to syphilis)
Romanian
1 entries- sifilitic adj (relating to syphilis)
Spanish
1 entries- sifilítico adj (relating to syphilis)
Volapük
1 entries- süfilidik adj (relating to syphilis)
Sample sentences
2 total sentences available.
It was a syphilitic who lived alone in the shanty between the hole and the railroad yard, coming up to the street only to beg money for food and disinfectant with which to soak his rags.
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