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NEUROSYPHILIS
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Syphilis of the central nervous system
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Hypernyms ("neurosyphilis" 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))
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "neurosyphilis"):
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)
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