different between syphilis vs salvarsan

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

Noun

salvarsan (countable and uncountable, plural salvarsans)

1. (medicine) The organoarsenic compound arsphenamine, formerly used in the treatment of syphilis and the first effective antibiotic developed against any bacterial illness.

Synonyms

• 606
• arsphenamine

Derived terms

• neosalvarsan