different between syphiloid vs syphilis

English

Etymology

syphilis +? -oid

Adjective

syphiloid (comparative more syphiloid, superlative most syphiloid)

1. (medicine) Resembling syphilis.

Noun

syphiloid (plural syphiloids)

1. (medicine) Any disease resembling syphilis.

Anagrams

• hypsiloid

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