NEUROSYPHILIS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does neurosyphilis mean? 

• NEUROSYPHILIS (noun)
  The noun NEUROSYPHILIS has 1 sense:

1. syphilis of the central nervous system

  Familiarity information: NEUROSYPHILIS used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• NEUROSYPHILIS (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)