neurosyphilis

English

Etymology

From neuro- +‎ syphilis.

Noun

neurosyphilis (uncountable)

1. (pathology) A syphilis infection affecting the nervous system.
   • 1988 December 4, John Dooley, “CDC Releases New Recommendations For Syphilis, HIV”, in Gay Community News, volume 16, number 21, page 2:

     The progression of syphilis to neurosyphilis usually takes 30 to 40 years, but in a "coinfected person" it can occur in six to nine months.

   • 2007 March 18, Brenda Wineapple, “Wessex Man”, in New York Times‎^[1]:

     Even more recently, The Times Literary Supplement, sifting through Hardy’s ashes, ran a story suggesting that his first wife may have suffered from quaternary neurosyphilis — contracted from him.

Hyponyms

• myelosyphilis
• oculosyphilis
• otosyphilis

Related terms

• metasyphilis
• parasyphilis

Translations

syphilis infection affecting the nervous system

• Catalan: neurosífilis f
• Finnish: neurosyfilis (fi)
• Spanish: neurosífilis f