TERTIARY SYPHILIS

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

The third stage; characterized by involvement of internal organs especially the brain and spinal cord as well as the heart and liver

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Hypernyms ("tertiary syphilis" is a kind of...):

lues; lues venerea; pox; syph; syphilis (a common venereal disease caused by the treponema pallidum spirochete; symptoms change through progressive stages; can be congenital (transmitted through the placenta))

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