Definitions

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  • noun pathology A syphilis infection affecting the nervous system.

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  • noun syphilis of the central nervous system

Etymologies

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neuro- +‎ syphilis.

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Examples

  • Tertiary Neurosyphilis – Tertiary neurosyphilis, is the most interesting form of syphilis from a cultural point of view.

    Eight Diseases that Give You Super Human Powers | Impact Lab 2007

  • This difficult-to-treat strain, called neurosyphilis, can cause blindness and stroke, and a CDC researcher said that it's spreading among this cohort because, although they're already HIV-positive, they are not using condoms.

    Gabriel Rotello: Deadly Error Alert: Andrew Sullivan's Latest AIDS Fantasy 2008

  • The letter would further state that he is a registered Democrat and he should therefore be given a “pass” so that he could continue his many business ventures in the great city of Chicago, rather than die of cardiac arrest (possibly associated with the complications of third-stage neurosyphilis) 8 years after completing his sentence for tax evasion at the federal prison located on the island of Alcatraz. pseudonymous in nc Says:

    Matthew Yglesias » The Daschle Problem 2009

  • Compound 606 had secretly been tested in patients in the hospital wards of St. Petersburg, then retested in patients with neurosyphilis at the Magdeburg Hospital—each time with remarkable success.

    The Emperor of All Maladies Siddhartha Mukherjee 2010

  • Compound 606 had secretly been tested in patients in the hospital wards of St. Petersburg, then retested in patients with neurosyphilis at the Magdeburg Hospital—each time with remarkable success.

    The Emperor of All Maladies Siddhartha Mukherjee 2010

  • Compound 606 had secretly been tested in patients in the hospital wards of St. Petersburg, then retested in patients with neurosyphilis at the Magdeburg Hospital—each time with remarkable success.

    The Emperor of All Maladies Siddhartha Mukherjee 2010

  • Some researchers worry that if core groups of sero-sorting positive men stir up epidemics of multiple drug resistant strains of HIV and other difficult-to-treat STDs like neurosyphilis and then occasionally have sex with negative men -- watch out.

    Gabriel Rotello: Deadly Error Alert: Andrew Sullivan's Latest AIDS Fantasy 2008

  • But in the early 1880s the syphilis returned in the form of a neurosyphilis called tabes dorsalis.

    “Courage means not scaring others” « So Many Books 2004

  • In an important study of the disease at the Boston Psychopathic Hospital, E. E. Southard and Harry C. Solomon described and analyzed more than a hundred cases of neurosyphilis.

    The Mad Among Us Gerald N. Grob 1994

  • His popularity in the United States was derived in part from the widespread preoccupation with the problems associated with neurosyphilis.

    The Mad Among Us Gerald N. Grob 1994

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