French disease
noun[S]
old useuk/ˈfrentʃ dɪˌziːz/us/ˈfrentʃ dɪˌziːz/anoldnameforsyphilis(= adiseasecaughtduringsexualactivity):
“法国病” (梅毒的旧称)He alluded in hislettertosyphilis, or "theFrenchdisease".他在信中暗示了梅毒,或“法国病“。
- Throughhistorysyphilishas hadnumerousnames, fromFrenchDisease to TheBigPox.
- Theblameforsyphiliswasinvariablyascribed toforeigners, with theresultthat theEnglishcalled it theFrenchdisease, theFrenchcalled it theItaliandisease, and the Italians,unableto make uptheirminds, called it both theFrenchdiseaseand theSpanishdisease.
- We say theFrenchdisease(syphilis), but they say la maladie anglaise.
Diseases of the reproductive system
- anti-herpes
- candida
- chlamydia
- clitoridis
- cryptorchidism
- cystocele
- fibroid
- herpes
- impotent
- Mayer-Rokitansky-Kuster-Hauser syndrome
- Mullerian agenesis
- PCOS
- sexually transmitted disease
- syphilis
- the pox
- thrush
- undescended
- vaginal agenesis
- venereological
- venereologist