syphilitic

adj

1. (not-comparable)Of, relating to, or infected with syphilis.

   “One can try hunting syphilitic treponemes directly by having skin irregularities […] biopsied and subjected to a silver-staining test.”

noun

1. (dated)A person with syphilis.

   “It was a syphilitic who lived alone in the shanty between the hole and the railroad yard, coming up to the street only to beg money for food and disinfectant with which to soak his rags.”