neurosyphilis

Definitions of neurosyphilis

1. noun

   syphilis of the central nervous system
   types:

   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:

   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)