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French pox

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French pox

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Or: French ache(s) / French crown / French disease / French fever / French goods / French gout / French measles / French mole / French pig , obsolete term for a venereal disease, syphilis, gonorrhoea, etc., from a time when such diseases were blamed on foreigners, particularly those from Latin countries. To the French syphilis was known as The English Malady. See syphilis for synonyms.

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