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hereditary syphilis:

Or: congenital-syphilis , syphilis passed to the newborn by an infected mother . The infant is often born with brain damage, blindness, deafness, and/or deformities of the bones and teeth . In the US, it is estimated that 3,400 babies are born each year who need syphilis treatment.
See Also: 606, acquired syphilis, antiluetic, antisyphilitic, band in the box, big S, congenital syphilis, darkfield exam, delicate disease, English disease, French disease, French fever, French goods, French gout, French measles, French mole, French pig, French pox, full hand, full house, Gallic disease, general paralysis of the insane, GPI, great pox, the, hereditary syphilis, Irish mutton, knocked with a French faggot, latent syphilis, Morbus Gallicus, Morbus Hispanics, Morbus Indicus, Morbus Neapolitanus, Phyllis, pox, poxed, poxy, scabbado, secondary syphilis, Sid Phillis, siffy, siftless, sigma phi, siph, Six-o-Six, special disease, syph, syphilitic acne, syphilitic arthritis, syphilophobia, sypho, Treponema pallidum, Turkish disease, women's disease

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