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Webster 1913 Edition

Syphilis

Syph′i-lis

,
Noun.
[NL., fr.
Syphilus
, the name of a shepherd in the Latin poem of Fracastoro, “
Syphilus
, sive Morbus Gallicus,” which was published in 1530; Gr. [GREEK] hog, swine + [GREEK] dear, loving. The term was introduced into nosology by Sauvages.]
(Med.)
The pox, or venereal disease; a chronic, specific, infectious disease, usually communicated by sexual intercourse or by hereditary transmission, and occurring in three stages known as primary, secondary, and tertiary syphilis. See under
Primary
,
Secondary
, and
Tertiary
.

Webster 1828 Edition

Syphilis

SYPH'ILIS.

[See Siphilis.]

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