Definition of Antisyphilitic

1. Noun. A drug (or other chemical agent) that is effective against syphilis.

Generic synonyms: Drug

Definition of Antisyphilitic

1. a. Efficacious against syphilis.

Definition of Antisyphilitic

1. Adjective. Countering syphilis. ¹

2. Noun. Any drug that counters syphilis. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Antisyphilitic

1. [n -S]

Medical Definition of Antisyphilitic

1. Efficacious against syphilis. A medicine for syphilis. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Antisyphilitic

antisymmetric
antisymmetrical
antisymmetries
antisymmetrisation
antisymmetrised
antisymmetriser
antisymmetrisers
antisymmetrization
antisymmetrized
antisymmetrizer
antisymmetrizers
antisymmetrizing
antisymmetry
antisynchronization
antisyphilis
antisyphilitic (current term)
antisyphilitics
antisyzygies
antisyzygy
antitakeover
antitamper
antitampering
antitank
antitarnish
antitau
antitauon
antitauons
antitaus
antitax
antitaxation

Literary usage of Antisyphilitic

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Retrospect of Practical Medicine and Surgery: Being a Half-yearly edited by William Braithwaite, James Braithwaite, Edmond Fauriel Trevelyan (1897)
"(2) Thorough and prolonged administration of antisyphilitic remedies during ... (3) That active and prolonged antisyphilitic treatment does seem to prevent ..."

2. The Treatment of Diseases of the Nervous System: A Manual for Practitioners by Joseph Collins (1900)
"Neurologists do not agree as to the advisability of giving antisyphilitic treatment in cases of tabes. Some, like Charcot for example, steadfastly hold that ..."

3. Locomotor ataxia (tabes dorsalis): An Introduction to the Study and by William Joseph Marie Alois Maloney (1918)
"Absence of proof that antisyphilitic substances arrest tabes. ... The search for new preparations of antisyphilitic substances and for new methods of ..."

4. Paxton's Botanical Dictionary: Comprising the Names, History, and Culture of by Joseph Paxton (1868)
"... sandy loam and peat, and are interesting. They increase either by cuttings or seeds. To the roots of B. rolul/ilis, antisyphilitic virtues are ascribed. ..."

5. The Eclectic practice of medicine by John Milton Scudder (1885)
"It is true, that a general antisyphilitic treatment will not cure the testes, but it is equally true that it will not get well without this. PROSTATITIS. ..."

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