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syphilitic, a. and n. Path.|sɪfɪˈlɪtɪk|
Also 8–9 siphilitic.
[ad. mod.L. syphiliticus (Sauvages), f. syphilis; the suffix -itic is the adj. formative of -itis and is strictly inappropriate here.]
A. adj. Of, pertaining to, caused by, or affected with syphilis.
syphilitic lobelia, a rendering of Lobelia syphilitica, so called as being used as a remedy for syphilis.
1786Abercrombie Arrangem. in Gard. Assist. 59 Siphilitic blue lobelia. 1804Med. Jrnl. XII. 505 This affection of his throat might have been owing to some syphilitic virus, which had long lain dormant in the system. 1835–6Todd's Cycl. Anat. I. 184/1 Syphilitic warts..have generally a broad base. 1846G. E. Day tr. Simon's Anim. Chem. II. 59 Meggenhofen found that the milk of a syphilitic woman reddened tincture of litmus. 1862M. Hopkins Hawaii 372 A syphilitic ward in the new Queen's Hospital at Honolulu. 1897Allbutt's Syst. Med. II. 1135 Such syphilitic livers..are often immobile on deep inspiration owing to adhesions.
B. n. A person affected with syphilis.
1881Physician & Surgeon III. 138 Whether a syphilitic should ever have professional consent to marry. 1904Brit. Med. Jrnl. 10 Sept. Epit. Curr. Med. Lit. 36 The blood..of syphilitics who have been treated with mercury. |