Aids
Aids noun - A serious (often fatal) disease of the immune system transmitted through blood products especially by sexual contact or contaminated needles.
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Synonyms for Aids
Syphilis and aids are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Syphilis" instead a noun "Aids".
Nearby Word: aid
Syphilis
Syphilis noun - A common venereal disease caused by the treponema pallidum spirochete; symptoms change through progressive stages; can be congenital (transmitted through the placenta).
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Synonyms for Syphilis
Nearby Word: syphilitic
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Related pairs
- venereal disease and aids
- venereal disease and syphilis
- sexually transmitted disease and aids
- sexually transmitted disease and syphilis
- crab louse and aids
- crab louse and syphilis
- crabs and aids
- crabs and syphilis
- gonorrhea and aids
- gonorrhea and syphilis
- gonorrhoea and aids
- gonorrhoea and syphilis
- genital herpes and aids
- genital herpes and syphilis
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AIDS and R-Strain syphilis have made many people sterile; pregnancies are rare, healthy births even rarer.
Source: Literature / The Handmaid's Tale - Old laws actually made it illegal for a person to not take drugs if suffering from things like tuberculosis or syphilis (and in the modern age, AIDS).
Source: Government Drug Enforcement - It's not syphilis, and as for being AIDS infested
Source: STD Immunity
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