syphilitic
Suffering from treponema
Syphilitic describes something relating to or affected by syphilis, the sexually transmitted bacterial infection: syphilitic lesions, syphilitic dementia.
As a noun, a syphilitic is a person who has the disease—a clinical term now largely replaced by "person with syphilis." The word appears in medical and historical contexts: The syphilitic patients were housed in a separate ward.
Spiral-shaped bacterium
- chancrePainless sexually-transmitted ulcer
- tabes dorsalisSyphilitic spinal cord degeneration
- congenitalExisting from birth
- tertiaryOf third importance
latent · secondary · primary · cardiovascular · penicillin · antibiotics · serology · darkfield
Liquid metallic element
- TuskegeeAlabama HBCU town
- arsenicToxic metalloid element
- Hutchinson's teethNotched teeth from congenital syphilis
- parrotSpeech-mimicking tropical bird
Painful awareness of failure
- tabooCultural or social prohibition
- disgraceLoss of honor
- ostracizedExcluded from a group
- outcastShunned, rejected person
shunned · condemned · vilified · hidden · secret · unclean · tainted · fallen
Passed during sex
- venerealRelated to sexual transmission
- congenitalExisting from birth
- verticalAt right angles groundward
- contactCommunication or physical touch
infectious · communicable · partner · exposure · intercourse · transplacental · maternal · prenatal
spirochete
Spiral-shaped bacterium
- chancrePainless sexually-transmitted ulcer
- tabes dorsalisSyphilitic spinal cord degeneration
- congenitalExisting from birth
tertiary · latent · secondary · primary · cardiovascular · penicillin · antibiotics · serology · darkfield · microscopy
mercury
Liquid metallic element
- TuskegeeAlabama HBCU town
- arsenicToxic metalloid element
- Hutchinson's teethNotched teeth from congenital syphilis
parrot · quackery · sanitarium
shame
Painful awareness of failure
- tabooCultural or social prohibition
- disgraceLoss of honor
- ostracizedExcluded from a group
outcast · shunned · condemned · vilified · hidden · secret · unclean · tainted · fallen · ruined
sexually transmitted
Passed during sex
- venerealRelated to sexual transmission
- congenitalExisting from birth
- verticalAt right angles groundward
contact · infectious · communicable · partner · exposure · intercourse · transplacental · maternal · prenatal
syphilitichealthy
In good physical condition
disease-free · clean · sound · wholesome · uninfected