TERTIARY SYPHILIS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does tertiary syphilis mean? 

• TERTIARY SYPHILIS (noun)
  The noun TERTIARY SYPHILIS has 1 sense:

1. the third stage; characterized by involvement of internal organs especially the brain and spinal cord as well as the heart and liver

  Familiarity information: TERTIARY SYPHILIS used as a noun is very rare.

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• TERTIARY SYPHILIS (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))