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" (50 found)
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10 entriescongenital syphiliticlate syphiliticneurosyphilitic casesyphilitic casesyphilitic chancresyphilitic infectionsyphilitic lesionssyphilitic meningitissyphilitic patientsyphilitic symptoms
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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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