different between syphilis vs bejel

English

Alternative forms

• syph (slang)

Etymology

From New Latin syphilis, originally the title of a poem by Girolamo Fracastoro concerning “Syphilus”, a shepherd boy who insulted the Greek god Apollo and was punished by that god with a horrible disease.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?s?f?l?s/

Noun

syphilis (uncountable)

1. (medicine) A disease spread via sexual activity, caused by the bacterium Treponema pallidum.

   Synonyms: (obsolete) great-pox, French disease, (archaic) French pox, lues, lues venerea, syph, ladies' fever, French gout

   Coordinate terms: clap, gonorrhea

   Hypernyms: STD, VD

Derived terms

• syphilitic
• syphilize
• syphiloid

Translations

Further reading

• syphilis on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /si.fi.lis/

Noun

syphilis f (plural syphilis)

1. syphilis

Interlingua

Noun

syphilis (uncountable)

1. syphilis

Latin

Etymology

First used in 1530 by Girolamo Fracastoro, from the name of a mythical first sufferer of the disease, Syphilus.

Noun

syphilis f (genitive syphilidis); third declension

1. (New Latin, medicine) syphilis

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Synonyms

• lu?s, lu?s venerea, pudendagra, morbus Gallicus, scabi?s Gallica, morbus Neapol?t?nus, morbus Hisp?nicus, scabi?s Hisp?nica, morbus Indicus, morbus ?talus, morbus ?talicus, lu?s Hisp?nica, lu?s Gallica, lu?s Neapol?t?na

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic ?????? (bajal).

Noun

bejel (uncountable)

1. Endemic syphilis, a chronic disease of skin and tissue caused by infection by a subspecies of the spirochete Treponema pallidum.

   Synonyms: button scurvy, sibbens, njovera, belesh, dichuchwa

Translations

See also

• frambesia, yaws
• pinta

References

• Willcox, R.R. (1960-06-01) , “Evolutionary Cycle of the Treponematoses”, in The British Journal of Venereal Diseases?^[1], issue 36, DOI:10.1136/sti.36.2.78

Anagrams

• jebel