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package(2)(dictionary)
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Package(money)
package 1, noun(dictionary)
care package(dictionary)
package 2, verb(dictionary)
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syphilis (iou) and Package (money)


syphilis (iou)



syphilis noun. E18.
[mod. Latin, orig. in Syphilis, sive Morbus Gallicus, title of a Latin poem (1530) by Girolamo Fracastoro (1483-1553), Veronese physician, from Syphilus a character in it, the supposed first sufferer of the disease.]
A chronic disease caused by the spirochaete Treponema pallidum, contracted chiefly by infection during sexual intercourse, but also congenitally by infection of a developing foetus, and rarely via wounds.
primary syphilis the first stage of syphilis, characterized by a chancre in the part infected. secondary syphilis the second stage of syphilis, affecting esp. the skin, lymph nodes, and mucous membranes. tertiary syphilis the third stage of syphilis, involving the spread of tumour-like lesions (gummas) throughout the body, freq. damaging the cardiovascular and central nervous systems. quaternary syphilis neurosyphilis.
syphili'zation noun inoculation or infection with syphilis M19.
syphilize verb trans. (Medicine) (a) inoculate with the virus of syphilis, as a means of cure or prevention; (b) infect with syphilis: M19.
syphiloid adjective resembling (that of) syphilis E19.

Package (money)


Definition: Combining several products and Services.