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English
Etymology
From neuro- + syphilis.
Noun
neurosyphilis (uncountable)
- (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: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
Translations
syphilis infection affecting the nervous system