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Neapolitan consolation
Definition
Or: Neapolitan bone ache / Neopolitan disease / Neapolitan favour , obsolete name for a venereal disease, especially syphilis, dating back to a time when that disease was believed to have originated in Naples. See syphilis for synonyms.
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