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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Syphilis can spread to a fetus from an infected mother. 梅毒可由染病的母親傳給胎兒。
Mercury was commonly used to treat the disease syphilis. 水銀當時普遍被用于治療梅毒。