Meanings
nounthe great imitator (plural great imitators)
plural great imitators
- Any of various medical conditions whose non-specific symptoms can lead to confusion with other diseases.
Syphilis is a wily infection. Its symptoms come and go and can look like a lot of other ailments, leading doctors to dub it “the great imitator.”
2024 April 26, Brenda Goodman, “Doctors seeing more syphilis patients with unusual and severe symptoms, study shows”, in CNNSynonyms: great masquerader
Synonyms & antonyms
nounAny of various medical conditions whose non-specific symptoms can lead to confusion with other diseases.
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