A syphilitic condition or manifestation that is inherited from a parent, particularly congenital syphilis.
From Latin 'heredi-' (hereditary) plus an obsolete medical term for syphilitic symptoms. This highly specialized medical term emerged in 19th-century venereal disease literature.
This grim historical term referred to congenital syphilis—when an infected mother passed the disease to her baby—something that was tragically common before antibiotics existed.
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