Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun The sum of scientific knowledge concerning syphilis.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun That branch of medicine which treats of syphilis.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun the scientific study of, and treatment of, syphilis.

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  • He became an instructor in the Medical Department of this University in 1919, and became successively assistant professor, associate professor and finally professor of dermatology and syphilology in 1934, and founded the

    Board of Visitors minutes 1951

  • Margaret Kunkle, Oct. 4, 1923; specialist in dermatology and syphilology, Greensburg, 1920 -; capt.med. corps U.S. A. 1917-19; attached to British army; Presbyterian.

    Alumni History of the University of North Carolina 1793-1962 1924

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