| 释义 |
syphilis/ˈsifilis/n. a contagious venereal disease caused by the spirochaete Treponema, progressing from infection of the genitals via the skin and mucous membrane to the bones, muscles, and brain 梅毒 □ syphilitic /-ˈlitik/ adj.□ syphilize /-laiz/ v. tr. (also 亦作 -ise)□ syphiloid /-lɔid/ adj.[modern Latin from the title (Syphilis, sive Morbus Gallicus) of a Latin poem (1530), from Syphilus, a character in it, the supposed first sufferer from the disease] |