syphilology

/ ˌsɪfɪˈlɒlədʒɪ /

noun

1. the branch of medicine concerned with the study and treatment of syphilis

Other Word Forms

• syphilologist noun

Example Sentences

He acknowledged her innovation, coining the term “the Ball Method,” in his 1922 paper, published in the journal Archives of Dermatology and Syphilology.

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Syphilol′ogist, one versed in syphilology; Syphilol′ogy, the knowledge of syphilis; Syphilō′ma, a syphilitic tumour; Syphilophō′bia, a morbid dread of contracting syphilis.

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When the members of the American Academy of Dermatology and Syphilology met in Chicago last week, many thought that the time had come to drop the "and Syphilology" from the group's cumbersome title.

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Last week in Chicago at the ninth annual meeting of the American Academy of Dermatology and Syphilology, Philadelphia Psychiatrist O. Spurgeon English offered suggestions on curing certain kinds of itch.

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They browsed in the Max Factor Research Library in which there are not only bound volumes of the American Journal of Dermatology and Syphilology but also old copies of National Geographic and Pearson's Magazine.

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