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Definition: Syphilitic |
SyphiliticAdjective1. Of or relating to or infected with syphilis; "syphilitic symptoms". Noun1. A person suffering from syphilis. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "syphilitic" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1900. (references) |
Etymology: Syphilitic \Syph`i*lit"ic\, adjective. [Compare to the French expression syphilitique.]. (Websters 1913) |
Crosswords: Syphilitic |
| English words defined with "syphilitic": Syphilitically, Syphilization. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "syphilitic": congenital syphilis, Crichton Browne sign ♦ Treponema Immobilization Test. (references) |
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 | This patient has a primary syphilitic chancre located in the urethral meatus. A chancre is a primary skin lesion of syphilis which begins at the site of infection after an interval of 10-30 days as a papule or red ulcerated skin lesion. Credit: CDC. |  | A patient with a typical syphilitic chancre located on lower lip. A chancre is a small, painless red ulcer that develops during primary syphilis. Primary syphilis is characterized by one or more chancres after inoculation with T. pallidum bacteria. Credit: CDC. |
 | Thia patient with congenital syphilis is exhibiting rhagades, which are cracks or fissures in the skin around the mouth. Such a rare type of facial disfigurement, results from persistent infantile syphilitic rhinitis. Credit: CDC. |  | Syphilitic aortitis causes markedly irregular wrinkling of the tunica intima, producing the so-called "tree-bark" effect. Note that there are several arteriosclerotic plaques also present. Credit: CDC. |
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| "Syphilitic" is generally used as an adjective (general or positive) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Syphilitic" is used about 19 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Adjective (general or positive) | 100% | 19 | 80,337 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| Hypenated Usage | |
Ending with "syphilitic": anti-syphilitic, non-syphilitic. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
disease heart syphilitic | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "syphilitic"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | frëngjyzak. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | سفلسي, المصاب بالسفلس, المصاب بالزهري. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | сифилистичен (pocky), сифилитик. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | syfilitisk aortit (Heller-Doehle luetic aortitis, syphilitic aortitis), syfilitisk angina (syphilitic tonsillitis), syphilitisk hovedpine (syphilitic cephalea), syfilitisk arterit (syphilitic arteritis), syfilitisk arthrit (syphilitic arthritis), syfilitisk balanitis (syphilitic balanitis), syfilitisk exostose (syphilitic exostosis), syfilitisk gonarthrit (syphilitic gonitis), syfilitisk infiltrat (syphilitic infiltrate), syfilitisk periostit (syphilitic periostitis), syfilitisk prostatitis (syphilitic prostatitis), arteriitis luica (syphilitic arteritis), luisk infiltrat (syphilitic infiltrate), luetisk hydarthron (syphilitic hydrops), lapdelt lever (congenital hepar lobatum, syphilitic hepar lobatum), keratitis syphilitica (syphilitic keratitis), keratitis luica s.parenchymatosa (syphilitic keratitis), induratio syphilitica (syphilitic induration), coryza luica (coryza foetida, luetic coryza, syphilitic coryza), cavernitis syphilitica (syphilitic cavernitis), orchitis s.epididymitis syphilitica (pigeon's-egg testicle, syphilitic testicle). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | syphilitische arteritis (syphilitic arteritis), syfilitisch infiltraat (syphilitic infiltrate), orchitis syphilitica (pigeon's-egg testicle, syphilitic testicle), luetische aortitis (syphilitic aortitis), luetisch infiltraat (syphilitic infiltrate), induratio syphilitica (syphilitic induration), hepar lobatum (congenital hepar lobatum, syphilitic hepar lobatum), gonitis syphilitica (syphilitic gonitis), gelobde lever (congenital hepar lobatum, syphilitic hepar lobatum), exostosis syphilitica (syphilitic exostosis), coryza bij zuigelingen t.g.v.lues congenita (luetic coryza, syphilitic coryza), balanitis syphilitica (syphilitic balanitis), arthritis syphilitica (syphilitic arthritis), arteritis syphilitica (syphilitic arteritis), angina syphilitica (syphilitic tonsillitis). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | kuppatautinen. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | syphilitique. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | Syphilitiker (syphilitics). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | συφιλιδικόσ. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hebrew | ע'בתן, ע'בתי. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | vérbajos, szifiliszes. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | sifilide testicolare (pigeon's-egg testicle, syphilitic testicle), periostite luetica (syphilitic periostitis), LA hepar lobatum (congenital hepar lobatum, syphilitic hepar lobatum), idrope sifilitico (syphilitic hydrops), fegato sclerogommoso (congenital hepar lobatum, hobnail liver, syphilitic hepar lobatum), corizza sifilitica (luetic coryza, syphilitic coryza), corizza luetica (luetic coryza, syphilitic coryza), balanite sifilitica (syphilitic balanitis), artrite luetica (syphilitic arthritis), arterite sifilitica (syphilitic arteritis), aortite sifilitica (syphilitic aortitis). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | yphiliticsay sifilítico (luetic). (various references) sifilitic. (various references) сифилитический, сифилитик сифилитический. (various references) sifilítico (luetic). (various references) syfilitisk, syfilitiker. (various references) เกี่ยวกับโรคซิฟิลิส. (various references) frengiye ait, frengili, frengi (lues, pox, syphilis). (various references) сифілітичний. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "syphilitic": syphilitics. (additional references) | |
Words ending with "syphilitic": antisyphilitic. (additional references) | |
Words containing "syphilitic": antisyphilitics. (additional references) | |
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"Syphilitic" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: syphlitic, typhlitis. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| Words rhyming with "syphilitic" (pronounced 'Syph`i*lit"ic'): Abdominothoracic, Abietic, Abietinic, Abiogenetic, Ablastemic, Abrahamic, Acerbic, Aceric, Acetonic, Achromatic, Achronic, Acidic, Acidific, Aclinic, Acologic, Acopic, Acroatic, Acrobatic, Acrocephalic, Acromonogrammatic, Acrotic, Acrylic, Actinic, Actinolitic, Actinophonic, Adelocodonic, Adenographic, Adenotomic, Adiabatic, Adiactinic, Adipic, Adipolytic, Adonic, Adriatic, Adynamic, AEolotropic, Aerobiotic, Aerodynamic, Aerolitic, AEsthesodic, Agamic, Agamogenetic, Agenesic, Agnatic, Agonic, Agonothetic, Agraphic, Agrypnotic, Albinotic, Alcaic. (additional references) |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "c-h-i-i-i-l-p-s-t-y" | |
-2 letters: pitchily. | |
-3 letters: itchily, litchis, pithily, shilpit, spicily, sylphic, tipsily. | |
-4 letters: chilis, lichis, lichts, litchi, lithic, phylic, physic, pistil, pitchy, scyphi, spilth. | |
-5 letters: chili, chips, chits, clips, clipt, clits, hilts, icily, itchy, lichi, licht, licit, lytic, pilis, pitch, piths, pithy, psych, shily, silty, slipt, spicy, spilt, split, stich, styli, sylph, tipis, tipsy, typic. | |
| Words containing the letters "c-h-i-i-i-l-p-s-t-y" | |
+1 letter: syphilitics. | |
+3 letters: physicalistic, physicalities. | |
+4 letters: antisyphilitic. | |
+5 letters: antisyphilitics. | |
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