Path. Also -id. [orig. in pl., ad. F. syphilides, f. SYPHILIS, after names of zoological families: see -ID3.] A generic term for any skin affection of a syphilitic nature.
1879. St. George’s Hosp. Rep., IX. 476. One married woman … was admitted covered with secondary syphilides.
1883. F. T. Roberts, Handbk. Med. (ed. 5), 949. The macular syphilide is the commonest eruption.
1897. Allbutt’s Syst. Med., IV. 807. The papulous syphilide is one of the rarest forms in which syphilis appears in the larynx.
