syphilitic
adjective uk/ˌsɪf.ɪˈlɪt.ɪk/ us/ˌsɪf.əˈlɪt̬.ɪk/
梅毒的
suffering from or caused by syphilis (= a disease spread by sexual activity)
It's thought he may have been syphilitic. 人们认为他可能患有梅毒。
a syphilitic infection 梅毒感染
See: syphilis
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- Some 10 per cent of patients with late, untreated syphilis will go on to develop syphilitic complications involving the heart and major blood-vessels.
- The likelihood of a syphilitic mother passing the infection on when she is pregnant diminishes the longer she has had the disease.
- His father was syphilitic, blind and later went mad.
syphilitic
noun uk/ˌsɪf.ɪˈlɪt.ɪk/ us/ˌsɪf.əˈlɪt̬.ɪk/
梅毒患者
someone who has syphilis
the wife of a syphiltic 一名梅毒患者的妻子
See: syphilis
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- Theodore thought of his future as a syphilitic.
- These stigmata are not invariable and many congenital syphilitics bear only positive blood tests as evidence of their congenital disease.