syphilis

1. A chronic infectious disease caused by a spirochete (Treponema pallidum), either transmitted by direct contact, usually in sexual intercourse, or passed from mother to child in utero, and progressing through three stages characterized respectively by local formation of chancres, ulcerous skin eruptions, and systemic infection leading to general paresis.

2. A chronic contagious usually venereal and often congenital disease caused by a spirochete () and if left untreated producing chancres, rashes, and systemic lesions in a clinical course with three stages continued over many years .

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Top Words by points	Points	Word Game
syphilis	16	Scrabble

2 Letters	Scrabble® Points
sh	5
si	2
hi	5
is	2
li	2
pi	4

3 Letters	Scrabble® Points
lis	3
shy	9
sip	5
psi	5
ply	8
pis	5
phi	8
sis	3
sly	6
spy	8
lip	5
yip	8
hyp	11
his	6
hip	8

4 Letters	Scrabble® Points
ship	9
yips	9
sips	6
slip	6
syli	7
syph	12
hili	7
hips	9
pish	9
pily	9
pili	6
phis	9
lisp	6
lips	6
psis	6
hyps	12
hiss	7

5 Letters	Scrabble® Points
hiply	13
syphs	13
sylph	13
sylis	8
slips	7
ships	10
shily	11
hissy	11
lisps	7
lysis	8
pilis	7

6 Letters	Scrabble® Points
sylphs	14
physis	14

8 Letters	Scrabble® Points
syphilis	16