great imitator

English

Noun

the great imitator (plural great imitators)

1. Any of various medical conditions whose non-specific symptoms can lead to confusion with other diseases.

   Synonym: great masquerader

   • 2024 April 26, Brenda Goodman, “Doctors seeing more syphilis patients with unusual and severe symptoms, study shows”, in CNN‎^[1]:

     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.”