Syphilis
noun
A severe disease passed from one person to another during sexual activity. Can cause serious health problems if not treated.
She was diagnosed with syphilis after she had unprotected sexual intercourse.
Often appears as...
- contract syphilis
- diagnose with syphilis
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Technical
noun
A severe disease passed from one person to another during sexual activity. Can cause serious health problems if not treated.
She was diagnosed with syphilis after she had unprotected sexual intercourse.
Often appears as...
- contract syphilis
- diagnose with syphilis
Usage tips
Technical
Definition 1 of 1
Pro Tip 1/3Serious Condition
Understand that 'syphilis' refers to a serious health issue, not a mild one.
Left untreated, syphilis can lead to severe complications.
Pro Tip 2/3Sensitive Topic
Talking about 'syphilis' can be uncomfortable as it involves private health matters.
When he learned about her syphilis, the conversation became awkward.
Pro Tip 3/3Treatment Importance
Highlight that 'syphilis' needs medical treatment; it doesn't go away on its own.
She received antibiotics to treat her syphilis.
Pro Tip 1/3Serious Condition
Understand that 'syphilis' refers to a serious health issue, not a mild one.
Left untreated, syphilis can lead to severe complications.
Pro Tip 2/3Sensitive Topic
Talking about 'syphilis' can be uncomfortable as it involves private health matters.
When he learned about her syphilis, the conversation became awkward.
Pro Tip 3/3Treatment Importance
Highlight that 'syphilis' needs medical treatment; it doesn't go away on its own.
She received antibiotics to treat her syphilis.
Pro Tip 1/3Serious Condition
Understand that 'syphilis' refers to a serious health issue, not a mild one.
Left untreated, syphilis can lead to severe complications.
Pro Tip 2/3Sensitive Topic
Talking about 'syphilis' can be uncomfortable as it involves private health matters.
When he learned about her syphilis, the conversation became awkward.
Pro Tip 3/3Treatment Importance
Highlight that 'syphilis' needs medical treatment; it doesn't go away on its own.
She received antibiotics to treat her syphilis.
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Video examples
Ugly History: The U.S....
While the researchers planned to observe how syphilis would progress with minimal treatment, participants were told they would receive free drugs and care for their condition. At first, researchers gave the men existing treatments, but these were soon replaced with placebos. Under the false pretense of providing a special remedy,
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How whistle-blowers...
They were enticed into the study through being given free medical exams, burial insurance. And so, what happened through the course of this study, is penicillin was discovered to help treat syphilis. And what Peter noticed was, the participants in this study were not given the penicillin
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Jenna C. Lester: Why...
where I work with medical students and residents in an effort to begin to help them unlearn some of these harmful patterns that make it easier to see some things, like dark skin with syphilis, and harder to see others, like dark skin with erythema migrans.
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Danny Hillis:...
is diagnose -- that is, put you into a category and apply a scientifically proven treatment for that diagnosis -- and that works great for infectious diseases. So if we put you in the category of you've got syphilis, we can give you penicillin.
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The fight against sex...
We think it is easy money. We think it is shortcut. We think the person likes to do what she's doing. But the extra bonuses that she gets is various infections, sexually transmitted infections, HIV, AIDS, syphilis, gonorrhea, you name it,
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Why do you get a fever...
it seemed to work. It actually became the standard treatment for syphilis until penicillin was widely used decades later. And its driving force was fever. There are many mysteries around fever, but what we do know is that all mammals,
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Help discover ancient...
What you're looking at is a medical tool used to treat syphilis. Ouch! For each of these, there are thousands of other incredibly important discoveries made by my colleagues, that do not make headlines.
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How do we heal medicine?...
and then giving you oxygen by tent. If you had early signs of paralysis and you were really good at asking personal questions, you might figure out that this paralysis someone has is from syphilis,
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What Lies Beneath...
who at the time of death was suffering from venereal syphilis this was an adult male he suffered a severe blow to the head resulting in blunt force trauma it's very important that we take time to
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Soon We'll Cure Diseases...
a pneumonia, syphilis, tuberculosis -- and transforming that into a curable, or treatable illness. You have a pneumonia, you take penicillin, you kill the microbe and you cure the disease.
Video examples
Ugly History: The U.S....
While the researchers planned to observe how syphilis would progress with minimal treatment, participants were told they would receive free drugs and care for their condition. At first, researchers gave the men existing treatments, but these were soon replaced with placebos. Under the false pretense of providing a special remedy,
Video examples
How whistle-blowers...
They were enticed into the study through being given free medical exams, burial insurance. And so, what happened through the course of this study, is penicillin was discovered to help treat syphilis. And what Peter noticed was, the participants in this study were not given the penicillin
Video examples
Jenna C. Lester: Why...
where I work with medical students and residents in an effort to begin to help them unlearn some of these harmful patterns that make it easier to see some things, like dark skin with syphilis, and harder to see others, like dark skin with erythema migrans.
Video examples
Danny Hillis:...
is diagnose -- that is, put you into a category and apply a scientifically proven treatment for that diagnosis -- and that works great for infectious diseases. So if we put you in the category of you've got syphilis, we can give you penicillin.
Video examples
The fight against sex...
We think it is easy money. We think it is shortcut. We think the person likes to do what she's doing. But the extra bonuses that she gets is various infections, sexually transmitted infections, HIV, AIDS, syphilis, gonorrhea, you name it,
Video examples
Why do you get a fever...
it seemed to work. It actually became the standard treatment for syphilis until penicillin was widely used decades later. And its driving force was fever. There are many mysteries around fever, but what we do know is that all mammals,
Video examples
Help discover ancient...
What you're looking at is a medical tool used to treat syphilis. Ouch! For each of these, there are thousands of other incredibly important discoveries made by my colleagues, that do not make headlines.
Video examples
How do we heal medicine?...
and then giving you oxygen by tent. If you had early signs of paralysis and you were really good at asking personal questions, you might figure out that this paralysis someone has is from syphilis,
Video examples
What Lies Beneath...
who at the time of death was suffering from venereal syphilis this was an adult male he suffered a severe blow to the head resulting in blunt force trauma it's very important that we take time to
Video examples
Soon We'll Cure Diseases...
a pneumonia, syphilis, tuberculosis -- and transforming that into a curable, or treatable illness. You have a pneumonia, you take penicillin, you kill the microbe and you cure the disease.
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Robert Kennedy, Jr.
American Activist
In 1932, the predecessor organization, the CDC, took 299 black sharecroppers from the South who had syphilis. They offered them free healthcare, hot lunches, and free burial. They said you can only come to us for healthcare. These were men who were sharecroppers, and they had syphilis. They were never told they had syphilis.
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Imelda Marcos
Celebrity
The Philippines is a terrible name, coming from Spain. Phillip II was the father of the inquisition, who I believe died of syphilis. It is my great regret that we didn't change the name of our country.
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Karl Kraus
Austrian Writer
Morality is a venereal disease. Its primary stage is called virtue; its secondary stage, boredom; its tertiary stage, syphilis.
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Andre Gide
French Novelist
It is unthinkable for a Frenchman to arrive at middle age without having syphilis and the Cross of the Legion of Honor.
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Alexis Carrel
French Scientist
Comforts and syphilis are the greatest enemies of mankind.
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Robert Kennedy, Jr.
American Activist
In 1932, the predecessor organization, the CDC, took 299 black sharecroppers from the South who had syphilis. They offered them free healthcare, hot lunches, and free burial. They said you can only come to us for healthcare. These were men who were sharecroppers, and they had syphilis. They were never told they had syphilis.
Quote examples
Imelda Marcos
Celebrity
The Philippines is a terrible name, coming from Spain. Phillip II was the father of the inquisition, who I believe died of syphilis. It is my great regret that we didn't change the name of our country.
Quote examples
Karl Kraus
Austrian Writer
Morality is a venereal disease. Its primary stage is called virtue; its secondary stage, boredom; its tertiary stage, syphilis.
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Andre Gide
French Novelist
It is unthinkable for a Frenchman to arrive at middle age without having syphilis and the Cross of the Legion of Honor.
Quote examples
Alexis Carrel
French Scientist
Comforts and syphilis are the greatest enemies of mankind.
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