1786, from Modern Latin syphiliticus, from syphilis (see syphilis). As a noun from 1881.
syphilitic symptoms
synthesise
synthesize
synthesizer
synthetic
syphilis
syphilitic
Syracuse
Syria
Syriac
syringe
syrinx
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