Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun primary_syphilis

1 sense of primary syphilis

Sense 1
primary syphilis -- (the first stage; characterized by a chancre at the site of infection)
       => syphilis, syph, pox, lues venerea, lues -- (a common venereal disease caused by the treponema pallidum spirochete; symptoms change through progressive stages; can be congenital (transmitted through the placenta))