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Syphilis vs Syphilid - What's the difference?

syphilis | syphilid |

As nouns the difference between syphilis and syphilid

is that syphilis is syphilis, a sexually transmitted disease while syphilid is any of the cutaneous and mucous membrane lesions characteristic of secondary and tertiary syphilis.

syphilis

English

(wikipedia syphilis)

Alternative forms

* syph (slang)

Noun

(-)
  • (disease) A disease spread via sexual activity, caused by the bacterium Treponema pallidum .

    • Synonyms

    * great-pox (obsolete)

    Derived terms

    * syphilitic * syphilize * syphiloid

    See also

    * clap * French pox * gonorrhea * STD * VD

    syphilid

    English

    (wikipedia syphilid)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • Any of the cutaneous and mucous membrane lesions characteristic of secondary and tertiary syphilis.