Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun syphilis

1 sense of syphilis

Sense 1
syphilis, syph, pox, lues venerea, lues -- (a common venereal disease caused by the treponema pallidum spirochete; symptoms change through progressive stages; can be congenital (transmitted through the placenta))
       => venereal disease, VD, venereal infection, social disease, Cupid's itch, Cupid's disease, Venus's curse, dose, sexually transmitted disease, STD -- (a communicable infection transmitted by sexual intercourse or genital contact)