transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈsi-f(ə-)ləs ]
noun
Etymology: New Latin, from Syphilus, hero of the poem Syphilis sive Morbus Gallicus ( Syphilis or the French disease ) (1530) by Girolamo Fracastoro died 1553 Italian poet and physician
Date: 1718
: a chronic contagious usually venereal and often congenital disease caused by a spirochete ( Treponema pallidum ) and if left untreated producing chancres, rashes, and systemic lesions in a clinical course with three stages continued over many years — compare primary syphilis , secondary syphilis , tertiary syphilis
• syph·i·lit·ic ˌsi-fə-ˈli-tik adjective or noun