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SOWPODS (Collins Scrabble Words)
OTCWL2014 (NASPA Word List 2014)
TWL06 (NASPA List 2006)
"Syphilis" Definition
noun
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.
Source: American Heritage Dictionary
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 .
Source: Merriam-Webster
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