syphilis

DEFINITIONS OF: syphilis

Types:: show 5 types...; hide 5 types...; primary syphilis
the first stage; characterized by a chancre at the site of infection; secondary syphilis
the second stage; characterized by eruptions of the skin and mucous membrane; tertiary syphilis
the third stage; characterized by involvement of internal organs especially the brain and spinal cord as well as the heart and liver; neurosyphilis
syphilis of the central nervous system; locomotor ataxia, tabes dorsalis
syphilis of the spinal cord characterized by degeneration of sensory neurons and stabbing pains in the trunk and legs and unsteady gait and incontinence and impotence

Type of:: Cupid's disease, Cupid's itch, STD, VD, Venus's curse, dose, sexually transmitted disease, social disease, venereal disease, venereal infection
a communicable infection transmitted by sexual intercourse or genital contact

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