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TERTIARY SYPHILIS
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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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