SYPHILITIC

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does syphilitic mean? 

• SYPHILITIC (noun)
  The noun SYPHILITIC has 1 sense:

1. a person suffering from syphilis

  Familiarity information: SYPHILITIC used as a noun is very rare.

• SYPHILITIC (adjective)
  The adjective SYPHILITIC has 1 sense:

1. of or relating to or infected with syphilis

  Familiarity information: SYPHILITIC used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SYPHILITIC (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A person suffering from syphilis

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("syphilitic" is a kind of...):

diseased person; sick person; sufferer (a person suffering from an illness)

• SYPHILITIC (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Of or relating to or infected with syphilis

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Context example:

syphilitic symptoms

Pertainym:

syphilis (a common venereal disease caused by the treponema pallidum spirochete; symptoms change through progressive stages; can be congenital (transmitted through the placenta))

Derivation:

syphilis (a common venereal disease caused by the treponema pallidum spirochete; symptoms change through progressive stages; can be congenital (transmitted through the placenta))

 Context examples 

Any of a group of disorders leading to occlusion of the arteries arising from the aortic arch. Such occlusion may be caused by atherosclerosis, arterial embolism, syphilitic or tuberculous arteritis, etc.

(Aortic Arch Syndrome, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)